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I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.

The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness.

There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart.

Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic.

What's interesting about architects is, we always have tried to justify beauty by looking to nature, and arguably, beautiful architecture has always been looking at a model of nature.

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