When I was 20, I thought I was 30 - but I was so far from it. When you’re young, you want everything to happen now. As you mature, you can look back and see all the great things you achieved with time and patience. less than 1 minute read
I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. less than 1 minute read
It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled. less than 1 minute read
Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. less than 1 minute read
I’m working harder than ever now, and I’m putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. That’s my philosophy. less than 1 minute read
If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that’s exactly what I did. less than 1 minute read
I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all. less than 1 minute read
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space. less than 1 minute read
I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn’t have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world. less than 1 minute read
