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

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.

First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it.

Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price.

Fear produces action, but would never create followers

Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.

Here I am as a running back, making a pretty good living, actually doing pretty good.

I’m just a real loner kind of person, and yeah, kinda dark. But I’m happy. Not sad. I’m just shy and nervous.

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.

It's very unfortunate that war has always been and probably always will be a part of human beings on this planet. It's a terrible thing.

We have audiences that seem to be embracing whether they've heard of the characters or not.

What a relief to be empty! Then God can live your life.