Pick very few objects and place them exactly.

Early unsuccessess shouldn't bother anybody because it happens to absolutely everybody.

The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.

In our greatest universities, naturalism - the doctrine that nature is all there is - is the virtually unquestioned assumption that underlies not only natural science but intellectual work of all kinds.

There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.

I guess I can't be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would be pretty boring.

In my own work, I'd say I'm a classicist, but I look everywhere for my solutions. I don't study the toilet-living habits of my clients, although that's a popular approach. First, I think of every building in history that has been similar in purpose. Then I think of the functional program - that's a major part of the study.