“A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elemen...” — Guillaume Apollinaire Quote

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

Without poets, without artists... everything would fall apart into chaos. There would be no more seasons, no more civilizations, no more thought, no more humanity, no more life even; and impotent darkness would reign forever. Poets and artists together determine the features of their age, and the future meekly conforms to their edit.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes.

God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper.

There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading - because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity - that is a very exciting area in architecture.

I paint and work as a sculptor, and I see architecture as an art... If you follow this approach you can use techniques to the service of man and to the service of an artistic idea, and beauty.

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.