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

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.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

The truth is more important than the facts.

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.

A professional does his best work when he feels the least like working.

You have to go wholeheartedly into anything to achieve anything worth having.