We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.

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

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.

In selecting any goal you should focus on the reason – without a compelling reason your resolve will weaken.

My ideas will not be discussed, they will be executed.

How about not equating death with stopping?

What in the world would I sing for if I had it all?

Imagination makes cowards of us all.

As a director, you can transform your vision more with the music.

On almost anything someone does in the computer business, you can go back in the literature and prove someone had done it earlier.

The way I see it, there are just 2 ways to go, livin' fast or dyin' slow! Which way you gonna go?

Remind people who they are instead of just complimenting them on what they've done.

I've lost all my money on these films. They are not commercial. But I'm glad to lose it this way. To have for a souvenir of my life pictures like Umberto D. and The Bicycle Thief.