Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. – Tadao Ando
Architecture cant fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isnt real. – Frank Stella
[T]he beautiful world of blossom and love and friendship had lost none of its power to please her fancy and thrill her heart… life still called to her with many insistent voices. – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables [the comfort of knowing the world goes on