Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place.

Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.

It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.

If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.

Architecture is an expression of values.

Since Stonehenge, architects have always been at the cutting edge of technology. And you cant separate technology from the humanistic and spiritual content of a building.

The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.

You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity.

I am always surprised by how much little emphasis schools of architecture, and indeed, many architects, place on the process of the mating of a building.

White? That's good. virginal. He'll be reminded this is a first for you and hopefully won't just impale you on his pork sword.

The unearthly arrogance of the nonexistence.

It is said that a wise man who stands firm is a statesman and a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don't know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel better. It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit, I'll break up with someone on purpose.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Photography has saved my life, over and over again.

Nobody's American," said Wednesday. "Not originally. That's my point.

I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof, 'tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures.

There's the exciting part about comedy - if you catch an act just before they go mainstream, that's the best. After they hit the mainstream, everything gets watered down a little bit.

The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends.