If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.

The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.