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

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.

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

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

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.

Love overcomes, love delights, those who love the Sacred Heart rejoice.

There’s a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace

Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

ONLY IN MY DREAMS is pure Eve Byron, which means it’s a pure delight. I fell in love with Lorelei and Dane, two of the most delightful characters I’ve encountered in a very long time.

We all need to learn a new language for love – a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other’s uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.