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.

We do not learn so much by our successes as we learn by failures - our own and others! Especially if we see the failures properly corrected.

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

I'll bridge these hills with graceful arches

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.

The only thing wrong with architecture is architects.

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