“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”

The mission of an architect is to help people understand how to make life more beautiful, the world a better one for living in, and to give reason, rhyme, and meaning to life.

The best friend of earth of man is the tree.

I attend the greatest of all Churches. I put a capital N on Nature, and call it my Church.

Dining is and always was a great artistic opportunity.

Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.

Limitation is always insult–not flattery.

I’ll bridge these hills with graceful arches

All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.

Love is the greatest virtue of the heart.

They turned the country up on its side, and everything loose fell into California.

The longer that I live the more beautiful life becomes.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

Nature is the inspiration for all ornamentation.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.

Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

What you think will determine what you become, and how you think will determine how you lead. 

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

There will always be a next time, next love, next chance & next opportunity.

Gratitude is a powerful way to draw more of what is want into your life.

The best way to increase your focus is to decrease your circle.

Light always wins; remember to turn it on.

A map doesn’t tell you where to go, it shows you.