Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on a place for a hundred years.
The design of a temple depends on symmetry, the principles of which must be most carefully observed by the architect.
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
The responsibility of an architect is to create a sense of order, a sense of place, a sense of relationship.
The architect must get to know the people who will live in the planned house. From their needs, the rest inevitably follows.
My buildings are all on budget.
Society needs a good image of itself. That is the job of the architect.
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.
Architects have to become more aware of exactly what is involved in designing barrier-free buildings and homes.
The greatest responsibility of the planner and architect, I believe, is the protection and development of our habitat.
