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

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.

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.

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.

A moral dilemma can be large or small, important or inconsequential, urgent or secondary. One thing is certain: moral dilemmas are ever present.

We spend most of our lives doing nothing but waiting. Waiting things that always change.

If you were alone and suddenly became blind, and even so you keep walking forward.

I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.

We have a democracy within the bounds of a constitution which provides certain guarantees related to the basic humanity of every person. I think that's the best way to go.

What is delayed is not lost.

No matter how beautiful the theory, one irritating fact can dismiss the entire formulism, so it has to be proven.

I grew up in Minnesota and everyone is so nice there. It is like Fargo. Everyone's so chipper and you make friends just grocery shopping. We kill each other with kindness.