I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.

The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.

I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.

If you want to show a picture, just show it - don't spend too much time arranging it.

Architecture is definitely a political act.

The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.

I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'

The best clients in the world are the people who cause you to struggle.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.

I am not a finisher, I am a starter. And I am always thinking, what is the next project.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . .

Some things are beyond human understanding.

Haruhi: Whaddaya think I am?! The Twins: To us? Why that's obvious-- a toy!

Why, he wondered, should he remember her suddenly, on such a day, watching the rain falling on the apple trees?

No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.

The whole point to being here, really, is to figure a way to get out.

Ego is the greatest killer of one's potential

I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying.

Read Ben Graham and Phil Fisher read annual reports, but don't do equations with Greek letters in them.