“Freedom lies within.”

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

Nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men.

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.

I never design a building before I’ve seen the site and met the people who will be using it.

Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.

The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

Good taste is not a substitute for knowledge.

Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials.

The truth is more important than the facts.

A box is more a coffin for the human spirit than an inspiration.

There is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.

An expert is a man who has stopped thinking. Why should he think? He is an expert.

An architect’s most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board and a wrecking ball at the site.

The best thing to do is go as far out as you can get… what you regard as ‘too far’-and when others follow, as they will, move on.

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

All good things are wild and free.

The only certain freedom’s in departure.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation.

The best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.

I like to have space to spread my mind out in.

I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.