Architect

There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and political revolutions of the last half century.

There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and political revolutions of the last half century.

Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.

We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.