"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."

"We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward."

"The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe."

"It is a quiet truth that rise early, act with intent, and let your accomplishments speak with silent authority — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues."

"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."

"Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine."