Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others.

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

You can never die. With death, you transform and transcend.

Freedom is the choice of daring life.

I will say that if my wildest dreams come true, I will, like, wake up one day, and I will be Carol Dweck, right? Because she is like everything I want to be.

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

All I can do is do what I can do, and do what I know how to do. I do what I love to do, and that's pretty much it.

The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

If you don't know what color to take, take black.

For every one step that you take in the pursuit of higher knowledge, take three steps in the perfection of your own character

The love religion is all that is written here.