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.

Lots of English people say exactly the opposite of what they mean.

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.

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

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

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

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