Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

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

To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.

The human race built most nobly when limitations were greatest.

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

We should learn from the snail: it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.