Human intelligence is a limited resource. It cannot solve problems caused by ignoring fundamentals of existence.

Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop.

Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings ... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better.

As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.

Cities and landscapes are illustrations of our spiritual and material worth. They not only express our values but give them a tangible reality. They determine the way in which we use or squander our energy, time, and land resources.

For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate.

Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture.