Nothing is more useful than the useless.

Art once made a cult of beauty. Now we have a cult of ugliness instead. This has made art into an elaborate joke, one which by now has ceased to be funny.

There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last

Modernism in architecture went hand in hand with socialist and fascist projects to rid old Europe of its hierarchical past

A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.

Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.

The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision of the world.

Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and to find consolation and peace in their presence.

It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.

In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.

There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure

Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.

I'm the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

There is no scandal like rags nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

make away out of no way

Pine trees with low limbs spread over fresh snow made a stronger vault for the spirit than pews and pulpits ever could.

Every new generation of smartphone just has a different-shaped button. It's embarrassing.

I sound like such a tool, but becoming a mother has made me next-level confident. I've never felt more empowered.

I've always been fond of the advice I once heard from Robert Frank, "Keep your eyes open."

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then it becomes something quite different.

You know, one day you make putts and the next day you don't.