God dwells in the details.
[In art], less is more.
Let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work. Let us lead them into the healthy world of primitive building methods, where there was meaning in every stroke of an axe, expression in every bite of chisel.
First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it.
It is better to be good than to be original.
True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.