- Robert Venturi: We're in a time now where universal vocabularies don't work anymore. W're in a period of great varieties, great variety, and complexity in terms of different kinds of cultures. And all of these different kinds of cultures are, if anything, being more differentiated because of the heightened means of communication that we have. This is a period when we like to emphasize the differences among people in a, hopefully, harmonious way. And architecture should reflect these differences in cultures.
- (Himself): What is the price that one pays for experimentation? I think that that's a very difficult question, but, certainly, experimentation doesn't pay for itself. And I think it's a way of, I think the price is between satisfying one's own inner needs and satisfying paying the bills. And I have to do it. It's not a question of whether I want to experiment. It's in my nature to do it. So, I guess I'm willing to pay the price.
- (Himself): I was interested in making the old house appear intact inside the new house, so that, from the outside, you would be aware always that the old house was still there. You would feel like this old house was still there, and some guy just wrapped it in new materials, and you could see, as you looked through the windows, during the day or at night, you would see this old house sitting in there. And my intention was that the combination of both would make the old house richer and the new house would be richer by association with the old, and the old would be richer by association with the new. And using it as best I could to confuse the ideas between what's inside and what's outside, the surrealistic idea of being in a house with a house inside with you.