One must know how to disregard the vehicle of the idea in order to consider its motivation alone.

Can it really be said that before the day of our pretentious science, humanity was composed solely of imbeciles and the superstitious?

If you observe well, your own heart will answer.

If you deny the existence of your fault or error, it will strengthen its hold over you.

The impulse to all movement and all form is given by [the golden ratio], since it is the proportion that summarizes in itself the additive and the geometric, or logarithmic, series.

Nothing carries more potential for change than individual acts of human kindness.

No matter what an architect may be at home, he becomes a monumentalist when he comes to Washington.

allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves.

There should always be some flowering and maturing of the fruits of nature in the cooking process.

A man who cannot think is not an educated man however many college degrees he may have acquired.

Well, I'm a standing on a cornerIn Winslow, ArizonaAnd such a fine sight to see,It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed FordSlowin' down to have a look at me.

The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride

I never want to hurt anyone's feelings, so I used to let people walk all over me. But now, especially in my career, I'm definitely more confident in my ideas.

All through the night, she battled herself. Or battled to know herself. She fell apart and then put herself back together and then she fell apart again and put herself back together, over and over.

To see the unreal is wisdom. Beyond this lies the inexpressible.