Concerning no subject would [George Bernard] Shaw be deterred by the minor accident of total ignorance from penning a definitive opinion.

The core of common culture is religion. Tribes survive and flourish because they have gods, who fuse many wills into a single will, and demand and reward the sacrifices on which social life depends.

It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.

There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last

There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure

There is a sort of mystery to kitsch. When did it begin? If it is just simply another name for faking emotions, it ought to have been a permanent part of the human condition.

Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others.