Many of the world's best-designed cities have been inspired by garden concepts.

In ancient times the ritual, mythological and doctrinal aspects of spiritual space were predominant.

Modernism', as a label, has currency in the arts, architecture, planning, landscape, politics, theology, cultural history and elsewhere.

Garden design theory explains, or should explain, the 'What, Where, Why and How' of making gardens.

There is much to learn about what could happen in the gardens of the future, should designers wish to learn about the past.

Water will, increasingly, be detained, stored and then recycled or infiltrated in gardens.

Enlightenment is living in the light of cosmic collaboration. Collaboration gives us the freedom to come out of the boundaries of limited realities.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

How does one kill fear? ... How do you shoot a specter through the heart slash off its spectral head take it by its spectral throat?

You can't stop everything from happening. But we've gotten to a point where we're certainly trying. If a car doesn't have four hundred air bags in it, then it's no good.

When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don't put down a word until the play seems ready to be written.

The exhibition has now become no more than a bazaar where mediocrity spreads itself out with impudence. The exhibitions are useless and dangerous... they ought to be abolished.

Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.

Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others.

Saint Claire, the patron saint of the kick-me sign.

I have managed to conceal my madness fairly effectively, and as far as I know it hasn't hurt anybody badly, for which I am grateful.