You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.

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.

On impulse, he leaned over and brushed his lips against hers.

If they want to you out... they will find always a reason for that.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet.

I was definitely never a crowd pleaser.

A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season.

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.

I will sit in the pupil of your eyes and that will carry your sight into the heart of the things

I am a great friend to public amusements; for they keep people from vice.

My bones are destined to make corals in the Ganga.