"The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes."

"The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty."

"Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles."

"Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall."

"Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities."

"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings."

"A fair woman is a paradise to the eye, a purgatory to the purse, and a hell to the soul."

"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency."

"The world only goes round by misunderstanding."

"It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done."

"Experience consists of experiencing that which one does not wish to experience"

"Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even."