The Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1979:...
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“Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.”
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“There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.”
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“In our universal experience unintelligent material processes do not create life”
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“I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?”
“I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.”
“Early unsuccessess shouldn't bother anybody because it happens to absolutely everybody.”
“I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.”