As an artist, what do you think the biggest mistake you can make is? My vote for the biggest mistake is being afraid of making mistakes.

Architecture is measured against the past, you build in the present, and try to imagine the future.

Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.

My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.

Technology cannot be an end in itself but must aim at solving long term social and ecological problems.

Architecture is about public space held by buildings.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

As architects we have a responsibility to society

I don't understand why everyone has to wear black, grey and white.

Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower.

Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say "but you can't do that" aren't actually very important. I don't take "no" too seriously.

When you're writing a whodunit, the dead body is the most important character. It's the pivot point around which the plot spins.

If they're not going to respect you, then they best damn well fear you.

The only darkness you must fear is the the one that burns in your soul." *Chiki101*

Greed, however it manifests itself, is always ugly.

There are potential policy consequences to a president who doesn't believe in our election system and believes that there's rampant voter fraud.

I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.

At first I thought he was walking a dog. Then I realized it was his date.

To open up the new, to look back on the old may bring forth like discoveries in the practice of art.

We must teach our children not to spend their money a dollar at a time. If you spend your dollar at a time, you'll wind up with trinkets instead of treasures.

Typically cult groups target universities and colleges. Most likely those schools that maintain campus housing.