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.

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

God is in the details.

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

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

Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.