I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light: light and shade reveal these forms.

Light creates ambience and feel of a place, as well as the expression of a structure.

The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy.

The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.

Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois.

You don't start a revolution by fighting the state but by presenting the solutions.

A house is a machine for living in.

Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.

Anything under God's control is never out of control.

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door leaving those who look through to guess what is seen during a moment.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

common sense is the enemy of romance

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.

I would tell to young people to sit on their heels. Children do that naturally so if they never had furniture they would do it. It's wonderful for all parts of the body.

Life is all about making choices and I'm very happy with mine. I have had a wonderful time raising four children and I've also been lucky to have the support of a wonderful husband.

Am I keeping my promises?

For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.