An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind
Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions.
There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.
There is no reason to regret that I cannot finish the church. I will grow old but others will come after me. What must always be conserved is the spirit of the work, but its life has to depend on the generations it is handed down to and with whom it lives and is incarnated
Tomorrow we will do beautiful things.
Artists do not need monuments erected for them because their works are their monuments.
The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
I was really impressed with Naomi [Watts]. She was a producer, and she was doing things that I wasn't really aware of. The way she was able to switch from handling problems to shoot a really difficult scene, I think is a real testament to her true ability.
When you talk about raising that debt limit, the only way that I would ever support raising the debt limit if we also talk about budgetary controls on the federal government, capping its spending, how do we deal with the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid problems, because they cannot continue to run on auto-pilot.
Now I find that in pure obedience the mind learns contentment, in appearing weak and foolish to the wisdom which is of this World; and in these lowly labors, they who stand in a low place, rightly exercised under the Cross, will find nourishment.