The space within becomes the reality of the building.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

People think of education as something that they can finish.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.

An idea is a salvation by imagination.

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.

I attend the greatest of all Churches. I put a capital N on Nature, and call it my Church.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.

Simplicity and Repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

Good taste is not a substitute for knowledge

Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.

Each material has its message.

Nature is the inspiration for all ornamentation

If it sells, it's art.

I have never designed a building before I've seen the site and met the people who will be using it.