God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.
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 great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.
Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.