The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.

The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.

You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.

We should learn from the snail: it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.

No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.

A sequence of random events isn't really random at all. It's just made to look that way so it will ensnare the unwary.

Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough.

I've never been really interested in music, classical or otherwise, where the craft is more important than the result. I realized quickly that I'd never be a technical electronic musician.

A crusade is, simply put, something that's bigger than you are. It's a "cause" with an impact that reaches beyond your personal wants and needs.

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

There are a lot of very strong connections with music and mathematics. They both can work in patterns and sequences and repetitions.

If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human.

Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the curse of the drinking classes.

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.

The power of our example is more important than the strength of our military.