Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.

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.

To an ignorant lady, she wants to look attractive and beautiful while some conscienceless men prey on her life.

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Never let your small business make you small-minded.

The reality of heaven doesn't take away the pain of or suffering or our losses, but it assures us that our pain is temporary.

We put a President up there, and then we set fire to him because he's not solving all our problems.

A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has the ticket that shows its price.

There is no training, classroom or otherwise, that can prepare for trading the last third of a move, whether it's the end of a bull market or the end of a bear market.

This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history.

I'd like people to know that you can head off kidney disease, maybe prevent a transplant or stop the disease from progressing after detection by doing a simple urine test in the doctor's office.