“The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble.”

“To reduce a library to simple architecture, bricks and mortar is a mistake. Similarly, to suggest a library is defined by the books on the shelf is erroneous. Libraries are very special spaces, spaces where people come together in separate but joint pursuits of knowledge, of learning. Libraries are the heartbeats of communities.”

“Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.”

“Discussion keeps a house alive. It cannot stand by bricks and mortar alone.”

“A brick could be used to save humanity from mortality. Or at least save us from mortar. 
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“The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness. Sometimes, therefore, a door opens onto a hallway impossibly, and the placement of our heating ducts and storage space borders on the irresponsible. I have great trouble, myself, in imagining the floor plans of split-level homes, though I feel they are important sites of the American condition.”