I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change.

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function

New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time

You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion . On the contrary history has a natural continuity which must be respected

Architecture must make connections

I think the future of architecture does not lie so much in continuing to fill up the landscape, as in bringing back life and order to our cities and towns.

Streamlined time details are especially important, because by having to take a close look, we discover new things. Because of this, details will remain part of the building in the mind's eye

Failure is a great teacher

Anyone can get their hands on a fortune but to become successful one must work intelligent and hard.”- EMW

Who thought up the dumb idea to arrange the memoir section in the bookstore by subject?

Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.

The only way to experience an experience is to experience it

I suppose kids probably know less boredom these days - or at least a different kind of boredom.

After my mother died, I found, a little book of hers which recorded everything I had ever done, how I had done it, and how proud she was of her son Conrad.

I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God's sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving

It requires but little acquaintance with the heart to know that woman's first wish is to be handsome; and that, consequently, the readiest method of obtaining her kindness is to praise her beauty.

Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its obligations, a nation that balances its budget, but never loses the balance of its values.