Architecture depends on its time. It is the crystallization of its inner structure, the slow unfolding of its form.

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

Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet

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

God is in the details.

We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not on the material itself... New materials are not necessarily superior. Each material is only what we make it.

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

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.

It is better to be good than to be original.

Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms.

Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to pastWithout a word--the menLeaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriagesLasting a little while longer:Never such innocence again.

Archomai is where believing is being.

If you are excited of an idea that no one else, all that should matter to you is focus. Progressive thinkers are driven by their interests, not whether others are interested.

I was sane once. It was horrible.

It all boils down to the music. That's what causes longevity.

All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.

Slaveholders deployed so-called scientific racism to justify racial slavery.

Courage is no good: It means not scaring others. Being brave Lets no one off the grave. Death is no different whined at than withstood.

All this time, I wasn't hungry for success, I was hungry.

Ever tell me of a humble heart where I see a stubborn knee.