The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy.

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light: light and shade reveal these forms.

Light creates ambience and feel of a place, as well as the expression of a structure.

The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.

I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.

Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois.

You don't start a revolution by fighting the state but by presenting the solutions.

A house is a machine for living in.

Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.

Motivation is internal. It has to come from within you. Do not seek it anywhere else.

Contentment should not be confused with smugness… Contentment is being happy despite of the successes and failures.

Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket then counting your blessings before they hatch.

Birds of a feather flock together.

As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we can have.

Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations.

when married people begin to talk about their rights, it means something has gone pretty far wrong between them.

How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity.

Repose in that peaceful, cool, calm, serene depth of your Being. You know, this is something immensely valuable and precious

Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.