Ossification of the Architect

Maybe one reason for the ossification of the architect, his taking
refuge in the mantle of the stoic visionary and "great man" with his
eye on immortal concerns, is his inability to be self-critical, at
least in public. How could an architect say of some of his earlier
work, "I was faking it," or "Boy I really got that wrong!" when
people are still living in it? This would be like a famous surgeon
saying, "Those operations I did in the 70s? Boy was I an amateur
just poking around in people's organs. I hadn't a clue!"