In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.

We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.

The purpose of architecture is to create an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy.

And exciting buildings are fine periodically.

And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.

And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously.

And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then just not think of it anymore because it's there like a piece of furniture.

Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway.

Don't let pain keep you out of the garden.

True humility isn’t thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself exactly the way God thinks of you

Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on a place for a hundred years.

I'm quite obsessed with the idea of nailing the girl friendship. It's such an art, so delicate.

The market-driven spectacle of war demands a culture of conformity, quiet intellectuals and a largely passive republic of consumers.

We know so little about each other. We lie mostly submerged, like ice floes, with our visible social selves projecting only cool and white.

In war, important events result from trivial causes.

If you are not living in joy, you are out of integrity with your soul.

There is no security, no assurance that because we wrote something good two months ago, we will do it again. Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we ever did it before.

There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.