If there is one country and its people that have contributed most to western civilisation's man-made world continuously for the last 2000 years, it must surely be Italy.

Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation.

Good design doesn't date.

The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.

Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.

Japans humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors.

After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.

At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth.

The government only makes restrictive rules, they dont show you what to do so you know, OK, heres where we need this many apartments, with open space, playgrounds, kindergartens.

The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal.

As much as the needs of fact, the needs of the spirit and the senses, must be satisfied. Architecture is as much a part of the realm of art as it is of technology; the fusion of thinking and feeling.

I am a hero! Are you?" - Chris

Not enough, " he said, letting her hair slip through his fingers. "If I kiss you all day, everyday, for the rest of my life, it wont be enough.

mercy, I think, doesn't the human race know anything about mercy?

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.

Why I oppose the nuclear-arms race: I prefer the human race.

Sometimes I think everything I touch turns into a Page Six item.

When Goldie Hawn wrote her memoirs, no one said Goldie Hawn was snitching. When Jane Fonda wrote her memoirs, no one said Jane Fonda was snitching.

It's okay,' you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay.

When something feels right, that means it is right for you. Pay attention to your authentic feelings, and follow where they lead.

If you behave like a doormat, expect to be stepped on and don't complain about it.