Building design isn't trendy.

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.

Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.

Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.

It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung.

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read.

Joblessness opens the door for greater opportunities

The ignorance of French society gives one a rough sense of the infinite.

The word "dis-aster," in fact, means "bad star."

Do I believe in Witchcraft? I'm the result of it.

This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.

Good music just makes me happy and keeps me from getting distracted.

Brother says he's telling about you playing Doctor with that girl.

Everyone is on the same page and putting their best foot forward.

The savings bank of human existence is the weekly Sabbath.