I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.

A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

When life stops you making progress, don't see it as a step backwards.Think of it as doing the Moonwalk.

Mindful living is a conscious way of living – noticing the beauty of life in every moment.

Time erodes people, and when you are old enough you weigh nothing. It's comforting to know that I will never be as frail.

I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.

but perhaps we should love what we cannot understand

Sobriety is okay enough," Denny says, "but someday, I'd like to live a life based on doing good stuff instead of just not doing bad stuff. You know?

I was very much into science when I was young - I wanted to be a marine biologist, then I wanted to be a doctor, and then something else, I was always changing.

Canada is our country. It belongs to us and we belong to it. Let us join together, in our time, and make history once again.

Practice radical humility when it comes to your own accomplishments, and give credit everywhere except to your ego.

Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.