I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.

Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.

All architecture, which does not express serenity, fails in its spiritual mission. Thus, it has been a mistake to abandon the shelter of walls for the inclemency of large areas of glass.

Don't ask me about this building or that one, don't look at what I do, see what I see.

The Art of Seeing. It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean, to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis.

Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun it.

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy

Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.

A big name or a big designation doesn't make a man big but responsibilities do.

He licked his lips. ‘Well, if you want my opinion-‘‘I don’t, ‘ She said. ‘I have my own.

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?

If he could only see how small a vacancy his death would leave, the proud man would think less of the place he occupies in his lifetime.

There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. And next to love the sweetest thing is hate.

I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process.

Perhaps the greatest of all pedagogical fallacies is the notion that a person learns only the particular thing he is studying at the time.

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.

Our politicians screw up all the time, as we see. But with so many things, we're no longer the world leader in that.

The woman who loves always smells good.