Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
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No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.
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A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
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Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly but take every building to pieces and challenge every feature. Learn to distinguish the curious from t...
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Early in life I had to choose between arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.
