Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood

Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

God is in the details.

We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not on the material itself... New materials are not necessarily superior. Each material is only what we make it.

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what it must not be.

It is better to be good than to be original.

Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms.

Those who apparently do evil do it ultimately out of love, even if their actions are misguided for the moment.

Who can refute a sneer?

Of course, I did lots of what would be called graphic design now, what used to be called commercial art.

Awareness is the birthplace of possibility. Everything you want to do, everything you want to be, starts here.

The great secret of the successful fool is that he's no fool at all

This was what being cured was like: like being in a fishbowl, circling always inside the same glass.

A men whose every word is nothing but the truth is not a human being but a god! Gods do not die, whereas Aristotle is lying in a grave now.

There isn't a class structure in Nigeria, there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.

It's surprising how a minor slump in sales can have a huge impact, and can actually cut so significantly into margin that the company really feels it.

I consciously try not to play favorites with my characters or my books.