A box is more a coffin for the human spirit than an inspiration.

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

Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title. - Virginia Woolf, from Jacob's Room Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

I voted for Stevenson as opposed to Eisenhower because I thought he would make a good president, but against my conscience because I thought that he was too good for the job.

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

Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.

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.