It is far better to grasp the universe as it is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

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.

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

We are, each of us, a multitude. Within us is a little universe.

Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves.

Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.

The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.

we make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.