God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.

Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.

Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.

Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

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.

Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.