Architecture ... the adaptation of form to resist force.

A man is known to his dog by the smell, to his tailor by the coat, to his friend by the smile; each of these know him, but how little or how much depends on the dignity of the intelligence. That which is truly and indeed characteristic of the man is known only to God.

Another of the strange and evil tendencies of the present day is the decoration of the railroad station... There was never more flagrant nor impertinent folly than the smallest portion of ornament in anything connected with the railroads... Railroad architecture has or would have a dignity of its own if it were only left to its work.

When we build, let us think that we build forever.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.

The best work never was and never will be done for money.