Man knows so much and does so little.

The opposite of nature is impossible.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

Life is the spirit incarnate in time.

Originality is a return to the origin.

No stream rises higher than its source

Television is bubble-gum for the mind.

I think architecture has to be a gift.

Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

By law, all buildings should be white.

But what if we are dealing with fools?

I didn't want to lose the human scale.

The future of architecture is culture.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Universe is plural at minimum sixfold.

Sustainability has become an ornament.

Tradition is a challenge to innovation.

But man does not create...he discovers.

Briefs need limitations and invitations

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

The car is the cigarette of the future.

The idea of service leads to community.

Art is made by the alone for the alone.

I try firstly to make buildings humane.

Never call a man a fool; borrow from him

They also swear who only stand and wait.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Less is only more where more is no good.

Less is more only when more is too much.

If I have a style, I am not aware of it.

Architecture is an expression of values.

I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.

You either make sense or you make money.

A fool with a tool still remains a fool.

I love to watch movies and play cricket.

My friendships are very important to me.

Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.

Form does not necessarily follow function

Art is the flower... life the green leaf.

And, yes, I love the process of building.

Love is the greatest virtue of the heart.

Imitation is always insult--not flattery.

A lasting architecture has to have roots.

Every building must have... its own soul.

I had a dual role: designer and advocate.

Life is more important than architecture.

I don't believe in the ownership of work.

Buildings should not look like Lady Gaga.

I've been such an outsider my whole life.

Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.

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