“Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge.”

Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a given space, the intrusion of one order into another.

To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.

The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn’t impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building…A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building.

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret

I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.

People who acquire things beyond their usefulness not only will derive little or no marginal gains from these acquisitions, but they also will experience negative consequences, as with any form of gluttony.

There is no way in which a simple substance could begin in the course of nature, since it cannot be formed by means of compounding.

Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.

Different experiences they shape and form our perspective.

If you have a clear idea of a soul, you will have a clear idea of a form; for it is of the same genus, though a different species.

War is the supreme form of prestige.

Being busy is a form of laziness – lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.