When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment

Art once made a cult of beauty. Now we have a cult of ugliness instead. This has made art into an elaborate joke, one which by now has ceased to be funny.

There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last

Modernism in architecture went hand in hand with socialist and fascist projects to rid old Europe of its hierarchical past

A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.

Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.

The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision of the world.

Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and to find consolation and peace in their presence.

It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.

In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.

There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure

There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes."(King Pelles the Sure)

We all have scars & deep pain. It'swhat makes us human & vulnerable.

Throw away the rule book and create your own.

Part of being a conscious human being, is having an intention. And if you put an intention into whatever you do, it’s definitely going to be more satisfying in the end

If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.

My focus is first of all, to remove every thought of violence from my own consciousness.

I'm really lucky, because I've been able to go places and meet people you can only dream of.

When the Muslims deliver the indictment of the American system, it is not the white man per se that is being doomed.

You have no idea whether the hacking even influenced the election.

I'm not a full model like those other girls. Mostly I was surprised that I could hang.