Nevertheless, the basic forms, spaces, and appearances must be logical

Architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Creative work is expressed in our time as a union of technology and humanity.

Inconsistency itself breeds vitality.

In architecture, the demand was no longer for box-like forms, but for buildings that have something to say to the human emotions.

Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.

Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.

Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.

Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself.

I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning

I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter

I first decided architecture was for me when I saw Le Corbusier's designs in a Japanese magazine in the 1930s.

Being optimistic is the view looking for the best, it comes with the “never give up” attitude.

A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so.

Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.

I'm a dealer. That's exactly right. I'm a used car dealer.

Working in the entertainment industry exposes me to every current cosmetic fad.

It is easy to be a slave to the letter, and difficult to enter into the spirit; easy to obey a number of outward rules, difficult to enter intelligently and self-sacrificingly into the will of God.

Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident.

The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.

Dream and deed are not as different as many think. All the deeds of men are dreams at first, and become dreams in the end.

As a child, I was able to know that I wanted a better life.