‎Doctors bury their mistakes, architects cover them with ivy.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and to appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

Copying from one source is called copying. Copying from many sources is called research.

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

Masters of complexity create the simplest solutions.

Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means.

Less is more.

Death is always and under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life itself has become one.

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

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

A lie is just a great story that someone ruined with the truth.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.