Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for one of the best avant-garde dancers in the world.

Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.

Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes.

People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.

Your best work is your expression of yourself.

In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

You can look anywhere and find inspiration.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

Without music, life would be a blank to me.

I never learn anything from listening to myself.

I learn from my own daughter that you don’t have to be awake to cry.

A lack of direction and meaning can leave you empty.

The reality is that if we in this rich, lucky quarter of the planet cannot make a stand for the 30 million other species we share this planet with, let alone our own species, then who can?

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

Being branded number one restaurant in the world is actually very humbling.

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings.

Nothing is confused except the mind.

Robust grass endures mighty winds; loyal ministers emerge through ordeal.