Boston: Clear out eight hundred thousand people and preserve it as a museum piece. New York: Prison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey. Pittsburgh: Abandon it.

Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly.

Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.

Good taste is not a substitute for knowledge

If you foolishly ignore beauty, then you will soon find yourself without it.

I don't build a house without predicting the end of the present social order.

The ultimate creative thinking technique is to think like God. If you're an atheist, pretend how God would do it.