In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

We are what we believe we are.

Gay marriage is absolutely something that I am in full support of and a big advocate of, and I think it's an important issue, but there's a reason that I don't talk about politics and why I'll never be in politics. I am not the person to ever do that.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

Jealousy is the fear of comparison.

Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.

The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Architecture can't 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 isn't real.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.