But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.

So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.

And exciting buildings are fine periodically.

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

I feel this is very important for us to have serene buildings because our civilization is chaotic as it is, you see; our whole machine age has brought about a chaos that has to be somehow counterbalanced, I think.

I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.