“For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.”

“To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses.”

“Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand.”

“Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.”

“The Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio comes from afar. Our land has a millennial history of emigrations: master masons, architects, builders, decorators, plasterers, artists from the world of bu...”

“Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin or a skull, but you don't know what's inside.”

“The foundation upon which any society is built is called values.”

“Trust is the foundation of any society”

“Taking time to look back, is a foundation on course to build a stable future.”

“I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances.”

“I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.”

“When we take our eyes off Jesus and only focus on ourselves and our circumstances, we can no longer see Him. God says He will keep us in perfect peace if we keep our eyes on Him.”