"I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world."

"You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see."

"If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create."

"The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture."

"Death, in itself, is nothing; but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where."

"To conquer fear is to realize that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"It is a timeless truth that the canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy."