New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function

You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion . On the contrary history has a natural continuity which must be respected

Architecture must make connections

I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change.

I think the future of architecture does not lie so much in continuing to fill up the landscape, as in bringing back life and order to our cities and towns.

Streamlined time details are especially important, because by having to take a close look, we discover new things. Because of this, details will remain part of the building in the mind's eye

Of course, no government official will ever tell you that the cities may be making the people in them ill.

Before you leave me again, tell me, so I can let you know if I’m ready to watch you go...

They might have you, and they pay badly enough to guarantee you decent company.

Full bellies breed gentle manners. The pinch of famine makes monsters.

The ground has on its clothes. The trees poke out of sheets and each branch wears the sock of God.

The remedy for our social evils does not consist so much in changing the system of government as it does in increasing the general intelligence of the people so that they may learn how to govern.

Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die with commitments undefined and convictions undeclared and service unfulfilled?

No man is great if he thinks he is.