Maturity: The Confidence To Have No Opinions

Not Being Understood May Be Taken As A Sign That There Is Much In One To Understand.

It Is In Dialogue With Pain That Many Beautiful Things Acquire Their Value. Acquaintance With Grief Turns Out To Be One Of The More Unusual Prerequisites Of Architectural Appreciation. We Might, Quite Aside From All Other Requirements, Need To Be A Little Sad Before Buildings Can Properly Touch Us.

We Will Cease To Be Angry Once We Cease To Be So Hopeful.

A Dominant Impulse On Encountering Beauty Is To Wish To Hold On To It, To Possess It And Give It Weight In One’s Life. There Is An Urge To Say, ‘i Was Here, I Saw This And It Mattered To Me.

One Of The Best Protections Against Disappointment Is To Have A Lot Going On.