Science can give us only the tools in the box, these mechanical miracles that it has already given us. But of what use to us are miraculous tools until we have mastered the humane, cultural use of them? We do not want to live in a world where the machine has mastered the man; we want to live in a world where man has mastered the machine.

I do not believe in adding enrichment merely for the sake of enrichment. Unless it adds clearness to the enunciation of the theme, it is undesirable, for it is very little understood.

A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.

The measure of a man's culture is the measure of his appreciation. We are ourselves what we appreciate and no more.

The two most important tools an architect has are the eraser in the drawing room and the sledge hammer on the construction site.

Each material has its own message.

"I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool" said my lawyer. I replied "Is there a difference?"