In A Way, The Sense Of Quality

If Architecture Had Nothing To Do With Art, It Would Be Astonishingly Easy To Build Houses, But The Architect's Task - His Most Difficult Task - Is Always That Of Selecting.

Now, The Downside To Conservation Is That So Much Is Done For The Public, Which Almost Always Mars The Environment That One Wanted To Conserve.

But Inspiration? - That's When You Come Home From Abroad And Are Asked: Well, Have You Found Inspiration? - And Fortunately You Haven't. But The Impressions Sink In, Of Course, And May Emerge Later: None Of Us Has Invented The House; That Was Done Many Thousands Of Years Ago.

I Do Not Feel Certain Until I Have Confronted My Initial Solution With Other Solutions - Although In Fact The First Solution Often Proves To Be The Right One.

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.