"Whatever good things we build end up building us."
"We shape our buildings thereafter they shape us."
Winston Churchill on Architecture"I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build."
Ayn Rand on Architecture"A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom."
Ayn Rand on Architecture"Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age."
Frank Lloyd Wright on Architecture"We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it."
John Ruskin on Architecture"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of."
"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."
"Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming."
"You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight."
"Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people."