The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

I try to make buildings that have a certain presence, a certain dignity, a certain atmosphere.

The purpose of government is to help those who cannot help themselves.

"The only way to predict the future is to create it."