Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old. Where else can we find such unity of material, construction and form? Here the wisdom of whole generations is stored. What feelings for material and what power of expression there is in these buildings! What warmth and beauty they have! They seem to be echoes of old songs.

Architecture has the power to create order out of unholy confusion.

Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children.

First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it.

But what if we are dealing with fools?

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