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

Were we to aim in every case at the kind of supreme beauty exemplified by Sta Maria della Salute, we should end with aesthetic overload. The clamorous masterpieces, jostling for attention side by side, would lose their distinctiveness, and the beauty of each of them would be at war with the beauty of the rest.

Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair.

In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.

Modern art was born from a desire to destroy kitsch.

When many people individually get what they want, the result may be something they collectively dislike.

Marriage does not exist for the benefit of the present generation but for the benefit of the next