How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering.

A room is not a room without natural light.

To be human is to have a collection of memories that tells you who you are and how you got there.

You say to a brick, 'What do you want, brick?' And brick says to you, 'I like an arch.' And you say to brick, 'Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel.' And then you say: 'What do you think of that, brick?' Brick says: 'I like an arch.'

The first thing that an architect must do is to sense that every building you build is a world of its own, and that this world of its own serves an institution.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.