Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.

I think white is the most wonderful color of all, because within it one can find every color of the rainbow.

The responsibility of an architect is to create a sense of order, a sense of place, a sense of relationship.

Architecture which enters into a symbiosis with light does not merely create form in light, by day and at night, but allow light to become form.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.

You can't escape the influence of architectural history.

The work needs to have a certain longevity. It lasts longer than we do.

It's important to understand differences in scale and environment.

Ultimately it's the public nature of those projects that I most enjoy. Museums are more than just places to view art, they're also civic and social centers.

If I had my druthers, I would do a lot more.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

We are beings only in the extent of Our Life's Illusion.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us.

People do not realize that Alzheimer's is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease, and staggering amounts of people develop Alzheimer's every day.

As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.

Whilst all the world is in pursuit of power, culture corrects the theory of success.

Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever?

Prayer is and remains always a native and deepest impulse of the soul of man.