An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things but their inward significance.

First there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament but are clearly revealed a charm felt in Japanese architecture.

I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources to move into the future.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture their amphitheaters for wild beasts to fight in.

Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.

The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.

My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.