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Architecture struck me between the eye and the eyeball.

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I try to create homes, not houses.

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Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.

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In a small room one does not say what one would in a large room.

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If people want to see Beaux-Arts, it's fine with me. I'm interested in good architecture as anybody else.

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Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.

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What does a house want to be?

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Architect

Born: February 20th, 1901

Died: March 17th, 1974

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