Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.
The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.
In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.
The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.
Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.
Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.
God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the "self-made men", who take the credit.
Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.
We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.
The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.
We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.
No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.
The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.
Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.
We regard those other cultures such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1000 or 2000 years ago - as "undeveloped".
With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.
Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.
Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them.
Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.
The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.
No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.
We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.
We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.
