All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic dilemma of the rich man, who has to keep the poor man just stout enough to do the work and just thin enough to have to do it.

A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything.

The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.

Architecture approaches nearer than any other art to being irrevocable because it is so difficult to get rid of.

In a world where everything is ridiculous, nothing can be ridiculed. You cannot unmask a mask.

There is a case for telling the truth; there is a case for avoiding the scandal; but there is no possible defense for the man who tells the scandal, but does not tell the truth

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.