And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.
As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.
People called me a hoodlum and a thug. But they didn't tell you I was a carpenter, an architect, a stand-up comic - even a bartender. And a barbecue cook. But they didn't tell you that.
Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.
Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.
A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.