I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

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.

The truth is more important than the facts.

More and more, so it seems to me, light is the beautifier of the building.

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own, we have no soul of our civilization.

Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials.

You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.

We should learn from the snail: it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.

Space is the breath of art.

Less is only more where more is no good.

A building is not just a place to be but a way to be.