Great minds think alike.
Objects are made to be completed by the human mind.
Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.
Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.
Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.
The ultimate goal of the architect. . . is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture. . . should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.
Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.
In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.
No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.
In the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape.
Mali is a very social society. We share everything. I think sharing our resources in music forces us to collaborate more, play with other people more, share ideas more.