Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet

And just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, just as we must understand functions, so we must become familiar with the psychological and spiritual factors of our day. No cultural activity is possible otherwise; for we are dependent on the spirit of our time.

Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.

[In art], less is more.

Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics. He will not understand what you have to say about architecture most of the time. An architect of ability should be able to tell a client what he wants. Most of the time a client never knows what he wants.

Each material is only what we make it.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.