More and more, so it seems to me, light is the beautifier of the building.

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.

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.

Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least the geometric pattern of things, of life, of the human and social world. It is at best that magic framework of reality that we sometimes touch upon when we use the word order.

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

No house should ever be on any hill... It should be of the hill.

Youth is not an age thing. It's a quality. Once you've had it, you never lose it.