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

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.

Example is leadership.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

Architecture is invention.

I love marriage. I think it's a wonderful institution and it's the most important decision you make.

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Work is much more fun than fun.

My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.