If Architects Weren't Arrogant, They Wouldn't Be

Architects Are Pretty Much High-class Whores. We Can Turn Down Projects The Way They Can Turn Down Some Clients, But We've Both Got To Say Yes To Someone If We Want To Stay In Business.

The Practice Of Architecture Is The Most Delightful Of All Pursuits. Also, Next To Agriculture, It Is The Most Necessary To Man. One Must Eat, One Must Have Shelter. Next To Religious Worship Itself, It Is The Spiritual Handmaiden Of Our Deepest Convictions.

Scientific Naturalism Is A Story That Reduces Reality To Physical Particles And Impersonal Laws, [and] Portrays Life As A Meaningless Competition Among Organisms That Exist Only To Survive And Reproduce.

I Get Between Nine And Ten Hours Of Sleep. Go To Bed At 8:30 And Get Up At 6:00 Or 6:30 If I Oversleep.

In Our Greatest Universities, Naturalism - The Doctrine That Nature Is All There Is - Is The Virtually Unquestioned Assumption That Underlies Not Only Natural Science But Intellectual Work Of All Kinds.