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Faith? Haven't any. I'm not a nihilist or a relativist. I don't believe in anything but change. I'm a Heraclitean - you can't step in the same river twice.

How does an artist know when the line that he just painted is good or not good? That's the catch. De Kooning was the greatest of my contemporaries in art, and he knew when he'd done a good line. When...

Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.

The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I...

Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

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.

There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.

Dullness is the enemy.

I guess I can't be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would be pretty boring.

There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.

The future of architecture is culture.

Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.

You cannot not know history.

I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner.

Glibness will get your anywhere.

I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.

I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.

I wish someone would ask me to design a cathedral.

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