"After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared."

"Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture."

"There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization."

"Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart."

"I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long."

"Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians."

"Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen."

"I have to be on such a strict diet constantly."