All Material In Nature, The Mountains And

Greek Architecture Taught Me That The Column Is Where The Light Is Not, And The Space Between Is Where The Light Is. It Is A Matter Of No-light, Light, No-light, Light. A Column And A Column Brings Light Between Them. To Make A Column Which Grows Out Of The Wall And Which Makes Its Own Rhythm Of No-light, Light, No-light, Light: That Is The Marvel Of The Artist.

The Person Of Old Had The Same Brilliance Of Mind That We Assume We Have Now. But That Which Made A Thing Become Manifest For The First Time Is Our Great Moment Of Creative Happening.

I Use The Square To Begin My Solutions Because The Square Is A Non-choice, Really. In The Course Of Development, I Search For The Forces That Would Disprove The Square.

The First Thing That An Architect Must Do Is To Sense That Every Building You Build Is A World Of Its Own, And That This World Of Its Own Serves An Institution.

The Sun Does Not Realise How Wonderful It Is Until After A Room Is Made.