Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own earth

Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly.

Love is the virtue of the Heart, Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind, Decision is the virtue of the Will, Courage is the virtue of the Spirit.

Architectural features of true democratic ground-freedom would rise naturally from topography, which means that buildings would all take on the nature and character of the ground on which in endless variety they would stand and be component part.

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

If you tilt the whole country sideways, Los Angeles is the place where everything loose will fall.

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.