I'm inspired by a lot of stuff. I always was interested in sculpture and painting and music and literature and all those things. There's no one thing.

Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.

Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes.

People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.

Your best work is your expression of yourself.

In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

You can look anywhere and find inspiration.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

Memories are not in places, Papa. Memories are in your mind. They're here, too.

Brooke was always my summer. She’ll always be my summer. And I had already made my choice a long time ago. Loving Brooke was what I was made to do.

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

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Ah me, but where are now the songs I sang When life was sweet because you call’d them sweet?

Many cognitive psychologists see the brain as a computer. But every single brain is absolutely individual, both in its development and in the way it encounters the world.

I like 'Shameless.' The first season I just watched it straight through. I literally didn't get up. I just had to finish it.

Men who are driven are happy in their work and their vision but are not happy-go-lucky. Evelyn has a happiness and contentment most of the time -- she's my balance.

There is no human being on earth who does not have the capacity to offer the message of peace to the world at large. But what is needed now is the soulful willingness.

My older sister is a working mom. She's busy. She chooses to spend money on her children. But she should be able to afford a good shoe for herself.