Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters.

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

Our forefathers were not only brave. I believe they were right. I believe that what they meant was that every man born had equal right to grow from scratch by way of his own power unhindered to the highest expression of himself possible to him.

The best friend of earth of man is the tree.

Less is more only when more is too much.

I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.

Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.