We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.

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.

Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.

The worst thing about a bore is not that he won't stop talking but that he won't let you stop listening.

I don't ever want to humiliate a human being, and I don't want the fear of being humiliated to participate in my thoughts.

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

My time in Moscowmade a man of memade me an artistthere was a reality and a brutality of life that I think was very important, as a young American, for me to see.

The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

Your readiness to suffer will light the torch of freedom which will never be put out.

The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.

I just would like to spend more time in New York City.

Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.