Symbol and metaphor are as much a part of the architectural vocabulary as stone and steel.

The building is a national tragedy - a cross between a concrete candy box and a marble sarcophagus in which the art of architecture lies buried.

Every age cuts and pastes history to suit its own purposes; art always has an ax to grind.

Good architecture is still the difficult, conscientious, creative, expressive planning for that elusive synthesis that is a near-contradiction in terms: efficiency and beauty.

What counts more than style is whether architecture improves our experience of the built world; whether it makes us wonder why we never noticed places in quite this way before.

New York, thy name is irreverence and hyperbole. And grandeur.

Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There's no such thing, really, as a creative act in a vacuum.

Every generation tailors history to its taste.

Real estate is the closest thing to the proverbial pot of gold.

Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station.

Postmodernism is a freewheeling, unfettered, and unapologetic pursuit of style.

She pulled off the highway and quickly changed into the burkha.

Spring time is a refreshing time.

I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.

When a woman has seen me, as you have, she belongs to me. She loves me forever.

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

The fact that order and creativity are complementary has been basic to man's cultural development; for he has to internalize order to be able to give external form to his creativity.

Life is too short no matter what party you are with.

I know the strengths and weaknesses of my teammates. I make my passing decisions accordingly

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.

Christianity is a battle, not a dream.