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

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

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 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.

Mysticism is colourful and alluring, but if you are after the truth, science is the best path!

Failure is not an option, winning or learning are the options.

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.

I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.

At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose

So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.

I'm fast for a cruiserweight.

Even death itself sometimes fails to bring the dignity and serenity which one would fain associate with old age.

The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children.

Unbelievable how silly this Formula 1 is these days, with this stupid overtakes.