It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.

Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.

If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.

Architecture is an expression of values.

Since Stonehenge, architects have always been at the cutting edge of technology. And you cant separate technology from the humanistic and spiritual content of a building.

The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.

You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity.

I am always surprised by how much little emphasis schools of architecture, and indeed, many architects, place on the process of the mating of a building.

I think you never stop learning.

Just get it down on paper and then we'll see what to do with it.

Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.

How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?

I deal with two types of students. Those who have a very deep-seated knowledge of love, which are few, or those in all their lives have ignored love.

I was a young troubadour when I rode in on a song. And, I'll be an old troubadour when I'm gone.

I've met with a group of very distinguished, experienced police chiefs a few weeks ago. They admit it's an issue. They've got a lot of concerns.

Could you gaze into heaven five minutes, you would know more than you would by reading all that ever was written on the subject.

Writing by hand is a way of letting mystery into my writing. But I'm constantly trying to figure out how to do this job. It's a work in progress.

The Lilith Fair thing was Bummer Town - hey, hop aboard the marginalizing train. I guess you had people come out of that and have careers, but I think there was a pretty intense backlash, too.

Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.