Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings ... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better.

The rigidity of a bottle's form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.

For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate.

In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.

Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop.

As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.

A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.

I don't build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build.

Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land.

Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture.

Human intelligence is a limited resource. It cannot solve problems caused by ignoring fundamentals of existence.

I guess knowledge alone does not equal wisdom.

To find the universal elements enough

Many have said, “Follow my steps” I say to you, create your own paths, and follow no one, live, risk it all, die and be free.

For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state.

This may be invading her privacy but I was Death, dammit. I should get some privileges

Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.

Tug looked nervously at his master. Horses aren't supposed to fly, he seemed to be saying.

Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself.

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw.