"The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty."

"An idea is salvation by imagination."

"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen."

"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature."

"TV is chewing gum for the eyes."

"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings."

"Thinking things has been done through the ages; knowing things remains to be done."

"When you are not physically starving, you have the luxury to realize psychic and emotional starvation."

"Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich."

"A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation."

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood."

"If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues' initials on 'em, and pass them along. When in doubt, route."