One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

I am an engineer, not just an architect, so I've always been motivated by technique or technology. As soon as technology moves just a little bit, it changes architecture.

I am not an enthusiast when it comes to cities, preferring rolling scenery, wildlife and stars to museums, monuments, architecture and traffic.

I am not strong on perfection.

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'

In Japan, I am famous in certain special circles - mainly as someone who is trying to break down and enlighten the conventions of Japanese art.

I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism.