Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.

Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.

Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.

The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.

Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.

Beauty is the harmony of purpose and form.

God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is at least for me an abuse of paper.

Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction.

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street.

I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.

Objects are made to be completed by the human mind.

Owning a dog is slightly less expensive than being addicted to crack.

I love the Lord with my life and through that love, I walk the walk, I don't just talk the talk.

Meet people from other cultures, so you understand that the world doesn't swirl around you.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

I don't think I'm cut out for a job where you have to look professionally tidy. I prefer working in my pajamas and taking showers after lunch.

I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.

I can't tell what god will do because I'm not God. I can only take you back to biblical principle.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me.

Love is meant to LIFT you up, not tear you down. It is meant to strengthen you, not weaken you.