“Our visions are the plans of the possible life structure, but they wil...” — Orison Swett Marden Quote

Our visions are the plans of the possible life structure, but they will end in plans if we do not follow them up with a vigorous effort to make them real, just as the architect's plans will end in his drawings if they are not followed up and made real by the builder.

If you would make the most of yourself, cut away all of your vitality sappers; get rid of everything which hampers you and holds you back, everything which wastes your energy, cuts down your working capital. Get freedom at any cost.

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.

I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect.

My father, Robert Ernst, was teaching as an architect at the technical high school of our city.

A film reflects who you are as a building reflects the soul of its architect. I think what you feel and what you think and what you are is what the film is. It's not for me to talk about.

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.