We look at each one [project] and consider the context - what it is and what it can be - beyond the strictly functional concerns.

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.

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

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.

A day, whether six or seven years ago or whether six thousand years ago, is just as near to the present as yesterday. Why? Because all time is contained in now.

It’s never too early to begin pointing your little ones’ souls heavenward.

A word is not filling in the gaps, but the fertilization of silence.

I am not sad because I do not have you, I am sad because I don't have love.

The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

Something happens when your subconscious goes to work... That's why 'Sleep on it' is an adage.

I only see things that I shouldn't have done when I watch my film again.

Let us never lose courage or despair of God's mercy. We have only to humble ourselves before God in order to obtain grace to become all that we ought to be.