Beauty is assailed from two directions - by the cult of ugliness in the arts, and by the cult of utility in everyday life.

Art once made a cult of beauty. Now we have a cult of ugliness instead. This has made art into an elaborate joke, one which by now has ceased to be funny.

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

Modernism in architecture went hand in hand with socialist and fascist projects to rid old Europe of its hierarchical past

A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.

Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.

The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision of the world.

Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and to find consolation and peace in their presence.

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.

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

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

I'd rather be lost than be somewhere I don't belong.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the year.

Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror films.

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.

Be clear, be brief, be human.

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.

Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.

If a country denies it has AIDS, that country will inevitably become an even greater victim.