Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.

I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?

I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.

Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.

I wouldn't say we were middle class. There was not lots of money for nice things. But we never wanted for the things we needed.

I've never wanted to become a politician, an interior decorator, I've never wanted to speculate and make a load of money. I just wanted this.

A lot of times when people become successful, people don't really understand what they had to do or the sacrifices they made to do that, or they assume that they had money. This is coming from, like, a kid who was broke and lived with roaches and a single mom in Dorchester.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.