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

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

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

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.

A city full of eight million people. It was all rather lonely sometimes.

The worstis when people - knowingly or not -carry prison inside thems

Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.

Responding to the question "If Mr. Stalin dies, what will be the effect on international affairs?" That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.

Hell's a dry heat too. It still sucks. Let me know if you pull anything. I'm gonna go get a cold beer and pour it down my pants.

Time management is a big part of the director's job.

The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.

The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

Sometimes people say yo do you think rap changed you. No doubt it changed me. If I wasn't making records I'd still be hanging every night.