Architecture must make connections

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function

New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time

You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion . On the contrary history has a natural continuity which must be respected

I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change.

I think the future of architecture does not lie so much in continuing to fill up the landscape, as in bringing back life and order to our cities and towns.

Streamlined time details are especially important, because by having to take a close look, we discover new things. Because of this, details will remain part of the building in the mind's eye

The kind of death you should mourn over is the one that happen when you abort your potentials prematurely! Life without purpose is a tragedy!

Running would help with the weight, but the weight did not help with running.

The only people to whose opinions I listen now with any respect are people much younger than myself. They seem in front of me. Life has revealed to them her latest wonder.

She had a voice so husky it could have pulled a dogsled, and the gun she was holding gave me a bad case of barrel envy.

Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it today because it is not of today.

I want my home to look good, feel good, and smell good. I want it to be inclusive, to reflect the people who live there.

You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too.

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens.

I'd rather have the whole world against me than my own soul.

Every situation is an equilibrium of forces; every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain equilibrium