The American dream has always depended on the dialogue between the present and the past. In our architecture, as in all our other arts-indeed, as in …

- Robert A. M. Stern

My cat speaks sign language with her tail.

- Robert A. M. Stern

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, …

- Robert A. M. Stern

Communities of tract houses, plopped on a grid, represent a way of throwing historical forms around like bouillabaisse.

- Robert A. M. Stern

That was the shocking part. Here we were in the midst of everything and this potentially giant story was being told and virtually noone was there.

- Robert A. M. Stern

Buildings should not look like Lady Gaga.

- Robert A. M. Stern

To be an architect is to possess an individual voice speaking a generally understood language of form.

- Robert A. M. Stern