The scientist has marched in and taken the place of the poet. But one day somebody will find the solution to the problems of the world and remember, it will be a poet, not a scientist.

Early in my career...I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility... I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I've never been sorry.

Taste is a matter of ignorance. If you know what you are tasting, you don't have to taste.

I prefer honest arrogance to hypocritical modesty.

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral. The size of the project means little in art, beyond the money matter. It is the quality of the character that really counts.

When anyone becomes an authority, that is the end of him as far as development is concerned.

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