Even at the United Nations where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent one window not so great.

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.

In Los Angeles by the time you're 35 you're older than most of the buildings.

My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone.

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.

Buildings should serve people not the other way around.

The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines.

At a certain point I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have because when you're talking about building a house you're talking about dreams.