Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.

Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its own life. There’s no greater satisfaction.

Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless.

Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work.

There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts.

We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation

Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.

I'd say that people give up because they don't know the possibilities that are out there for them, nor do they realize their potential.

If you can learn from hard knocks you can also learn from soft touches.

I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.

He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it.

You have to own your days and name them, each one of them, every one of them, or else the years go right by and none of them belong to you.

The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless.

... the attempt to render visual intricacy makes words feel unwieldy, like sacks of meaning that must be lugged into place, dragged here and there, then still don't fell accurate.

They shouldn't hate each other . . . I don't hate the Socs any more . . . they shouldn't hate . . .

We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself. Then we will not be afraid of any dragon.

To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.