Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

The room within is the great fact about the building.

I prefer honest arrogance to hypocritical modesty.

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

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

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.