And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.

But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.

We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.

The purpose of architecture is to create an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy.

And exciting buildings are fine periodically.

And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.

And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously.

And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then just not think of it anymore because it's there like a piece of furniture.

Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway.

In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of my ears in a sense.

She'd never been religious. She hadn't allowed grief to send her crawling to the church.

You were, arecactus tourism. meeting you: granularfractals borrowed from oceans.

If you want to be prosperous begin to sow into your abilities, gifting’s, talents, self-development and self-education

The purpose of life is to perfect love, and love is selfless action. Therefore, the purpose of life is to live in a state of fearless union.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.- William Herondale

A day alone, only that would be death.

I don't think science is necessarily incompatible with mystical or spiritual sensibilities. I often weigh them equally in my thinking, which sometimes finds itself into the work.

I've spent so much time in that makeup that I'm now unrecognizable. The business doesn't know who I am.

It's not the most normal life in the world, but I screw up plenty of times to be a normal teenager.