We all see the world differently. And thank God for that. Otherwise, what a boring world this would be.
To me, the drive for monumentality is as inbred as the desire for food and sex, regardless of how we denigrate it. Monuments differ in different periods. Each age has its own.
Architecture is art, nothing else.
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.
Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business.