Art is in itself noble; that is why the artist has no fear of what is common. This, indeed, is already ennobled when he takes it up.

We must be young to do great things.

Normally, the sciences distance themselves from life and the return to it via a detour.

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

We don't get to know anything but what we love.

Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

Architecture is crystallized music.