Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.

You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me.

I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

I really believe in the idea of the future.

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

A knee to the balls from a car full of clowns would have been less awkward than the look he was receiving from the whiskey-eyed angel.

The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that.

Education is the motor-force of revolution.

In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I'm broke as hell and one day I won't be. You Can Achieve Anything!

I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.

A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography.

Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith.

I forgot that love existed, troubled in my mind. Heartache after heartache, worried all the time. I forgot that love existed Then I saw the light Everyone around me make everything alright.