For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.

A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

Kiss her gypsy soul and love her for the wild rose she is.

What we need is the power to pray.

I couldn't stand the thought of not succeeding failure was more than I could deal with.

But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.

I could never have gone to Africa another way and had the same experience. It was my job and my joy at the same time.

As a typically ambitious player, I did what all others of that ilk do: Everything I could do to gain advantage for my PCs and rise in level as rapidly as possible.

You have the power to pursue your own dreams.

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

When someone comes along later and tries to preach the Gospel to them because they're living in the world, they won't listen.