I think of architecture as language, and I look within the intra-communication between architects.

I think regionalism was a little easier before mass communication was made possible. This is not to say that regionalism doesn't exist anymore. I think it does.

The idea of morphology of languages is something that I'm really interested in.

Aesthetics is both politics and philosophy, a series of agreements and disagreements between subjective minds.

The moment you put something down on paper it forces you to organize and arrange these thoughts a little better.

What's interesting in archaeology is that we always understand other cultures by digging up their cities; architecture is almost always a way for us to formulate a diagram of how people used to live.

Morphology happens over time. It's not necessarily a bad thing.

The diagram of the house is a portrait of the family, a true portrait, whether it's sad or happy.

The world is meaningless and therefore it's funny.

Setting up absurd worlds with rules to violate - it's one of the things I hope to achieve with my work.

Architecture, in itself, at the end of the day, is a rational profession.

I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.

If Christians always seemed to be the most intelligent and the most righteous of men, I'd be a skeptic.

Marriage is sleeping together in a bed a little too narrow.

Know when to push, pull & hold your followers, lest you push them while on the edge of a cliff

What you need for breakfast, they say in East Tennessee, is a jug of good corn liquor, a thick steak and a hound dog. Then you feed the steak to the dog.

Our swords shall play the orators for us.

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

When you see something every day, it gets into your brain.

We must always remember, however,' said Psmith gravely, 'that poets are also God's creatures.

We salute the rank not the man