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.

A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.

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.

A city can only be reconstructed in the form of urban quarters. A large or a small city can only be reorganized as a large or a small number of urban quarters; as a federation of autonomous quarters. Each quarter must have its own center, periphery and limit. Each quarter must be a city within a city.

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