Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before.

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

All definitions are the interpretations of contrasts. What is, helps define what it is not!

But what are they?” Annie asked.“An omphalos, probably, ” said Jacob.“A what, dear?” Melinda asked.“A bellybutton of the world.”“I didn’t know it had one.

All my life I have been happiest when the folks watching me said to each other, 'Look at the poor dope, wilya?

Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons.

Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.

Love is the only passion which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

I don't want the ideas to be limited by what I can physically do. The ideas come first.

He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.

Be light. Smile. Drop. Learn the tendency to drop and smile and move through.

Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.