ROBERT A. M. STERN

Buildings should not look like Lady Gaga.

The American dream has always depended on the dialogue between the present and the past. In our architecture, as in all our other arts-indeed, as in our political and social culture as a whole-ours has been a struggle to formulate and sustain a usable past.

Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past.

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams.

To be an architect is to possess an individual voice speaking a generally understood language of form.

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams.

Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past.

The American dream has always depended on the dialogue between the present and the past. In our architecture, as in all our other arts-indeed, as in our political and social culture as a whole-ours has been a struggle to formulate and sustain a usable past.

To be an architect is to possess an individual voice speaking a generally understood language of form.

Buildings should not look like Lady Gaga.