Man is a phase of nature, and only as he is related to nature does he matter, does he have any account whatever above the dust.

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.

Beautiful buildings are more than scientific. They are true organisms, spiritually conceived; works of art, using the best technology by inspiration rather than the idiosyncrasies of mere taste or any averaging by the committee mind.

Why should architecture or objects of art in the machine age, just because they are made by machines, have to resemble machinery?

Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred.

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.