New York is the biggest mouth in the world. It appears to be prime example of the herd instinct, leading the universal urban conspiracy to beguile man from his birthright (the good ground), to hang him by his eyebrows from skyhooks above hard pavement, to crucify him, sell him, or be sold by him.

Space is the breath of art.

Wherever human life is concerned, the unnatural stricture of excessive verticality cannot stand against more natural horizontality.

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

An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.

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.

I attend the greatest of all Churches. I put a capital N on Nature, and call it my Church.