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

If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a social good. Besides, modernism rather than classicism has dominated the architecture of totalitarian regimes of both the left and right.

The rigidity of a bottle's form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.

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

In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.

Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land.

I don't build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build.