The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.

• With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.
• Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.
• Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.
• The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.
• Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.
• Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.
• Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.
• Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?
• The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.
• The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.