The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before.

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them.

I want to be special to someone again. To know I’m cared for, and not out of obligation.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Men's men: be they gentle or simple they're much of a muchness.

God deserves far more praise than any of us could ever give Him.

I am just one human being.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

I was acting my way through the whole thing.

I have a sense that South Africa is my other country apart from my native country that I particularly love, [that I] want to see succeed, and I did really want my message to be listened to.

Worry comes from the belief you are powerless.

One of the big failings of art schools is that students aren't given any teaching on how to survive as a one-person business, which is what it is.