If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.

The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.

A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.

You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits - you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived.

I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age.

I may not be the most interesting architect, but I'm still out there and have maintained some position of integrity.

Most architects work in ­studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and ­historical ­research were irrelevant.

I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?

Britain gets the architecture it deserves. We don’t value architecture, we don’t take it seriously, we don’t want to pay for it and the architect isn’t trusted.

Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.

It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities.

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Putting 100% effort into "trying" will always make you successful. With that in mind it's important to remember that the effort part is never easy.

I'm going to be honest with you. I don't want to sit here all night making small talk when all I want to do is kiss you.

Life could be vastly improved if we could count our blessings as self-actualizing people can and do, and if we could retain their constant sense of good fortune and gratitude for it.

I like getting carried away by what is happening and then decide each scene based on the actors, the set and the light.

A day alone, only that would be death.

The most powerful visual in America today is actually the Statue of Liberty.

Money you haven't earned is not good for you.

God does not live in a perpetual state of disappointment over who we are.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.