I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

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

The baby boomers are out there, they've had a lot of good years of earnings, they've inherited wealth. They are buying trophy homes and will be for years. We are one of those places people dream of. They come here to buy a piece of that dream.

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

Architecture is for the young. If our teenagers don't get architecture - if they are not inspired, (then) we won't have the architecture that we must have if this country is going to be beautiful.

Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change

San Francisco is the only city I can think of that can survive all the things you people are doing to it and still look beautiful.