Less is more.

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to create order out of the desperate confusion of our time.

No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood

We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what it must not be.

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

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.

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