Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.

Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Ah, to build, to build!
That is the noblest of all the arts.

Ah, to build, to build!
That is the noblest of all the arts.

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.

Architecture is frozen music.
[Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]

Architecture is frozen music.
[Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.