Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.

I do not believe in adding enrichment merely for the sake of enrichment. Unless it adds clearness to the enunciation of the theme, it is undesirable, for it is very little understood.

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.

At night... the streets become rhythmical perspectives of glowing dotted lines, reflections hung upon them in the streets as the wistaria hangs its violet racemes on its trellis. The buildings are shimmering verticality, a gossamer veil, a festive scene-prop hanging there against the black sky to dazzle, entertain, amaze.

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

All I learned from Eliel Saarinen was how to make out an expense account

The two most important tools an architect has are the eraser in the drawing room and the sledge hammer on the construction site.