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

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"

"Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age"

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune"

"Every person is the architect of their own fortune"

"We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past"

"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition"

"You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your own life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be except the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking"

"The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect"

"Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny"

"Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear"