Architecture Doesn't Come From Theory.

What Is The Thread Of Western Civilization That Distinguished Its Course In History? It Has To Do With The Preoccupation Of Western Man With His Outward Command And His Sense Of Superiority.

Illusion Is Needed To Disguise The Emptiness Within.

Inspiration In Science May Have To Do With Ideas, But Not In Art. In Art It Is In The Senses That Are Instinctively Responsive To The Medium Of Expression.

Roman Civilization Had Achieved, Within The Bounds Of Its Technology, Relatively As Great A Mastery Of Time And Space As We Have Achieved Today.

The Obsession With Performance Left No Room For The Development Of The Intuitive Or Spiritual Impact Of Space And Form Other Than The Aesthetic Of The Machine Itself.