Some words live in my throat breeding like adders. Others know sun seeking like gypsies over my tongue to explode through my lips
What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.
I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.
You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.
There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?
Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless
Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space. . . On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure.
Sir, I do firmly believe that domestic slavery, regulated as ours is, produces the highest toned, the purest, best organization of society that has ever existed on the face of the earth.
Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for example, if you try to discern a painter by his paintings. His masterpiece may be the master because of its iridescence; it may display a hundred different perspectives through his single face.
My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.
Amy sat back and grinned. "You just smiled. " That was definitely something else she could get used to. Of course, he frowned immediately. "I smile.