“We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street.”

“The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.”

“Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization.”

“Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands m...”

“The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture.”

“Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.”

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”

“Wherever forests have not been mowed down, wherever the animal is recessed in their quiet protection, wherever the earth is not bereft of four-footed life - that to the white man is an 'unbroken wi...”

“Earth is the holiest place in the Universe, loving the earth, and loving life is the way to generate positive vibrations.”

“-'What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?'There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter”