Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.

The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.

The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.

I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle. I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.

Supply and demand regulate architectural form.

The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.

Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him. Thus he loves the house and hates art.

The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.

But facts, remembered or not, are all, alas, still facts

A message for those of you who contemplate permanent solutions to temporary problems. You never know what could be coming in the future. There is so much music you've yet to hear.

Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing The Bear. I thought, What if I just stopped and listened?

The guy stroked his goatee. "What do you call twenty guys watching the world series?" "The New York Yankees," Butch replied.

This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers of my major influences during my live show.

Sacrifice - the future has it´s price, and today is only yesterday's tomorrow.

I think to be a good veterinarian, you have to like people.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Everywhere you look on the planet people are using drums to alter consciousness.

You can't have been here long, you haven't got a pot belly.