“There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and political revolutions of the last half century.”
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Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.
Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.
The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.
I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.