You have to be very focused and work very hard, but it is not about working hard without knowing what your aim is!

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.

You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me.

I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

You have to make people realize your worth, else no one cares!

Enlightenment is living in the light of cosmic collaboration.

I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.

I feel like metaphors are best when they spin in place. Like when they work and don't work, or lead to a bigger question.

Guys are much more obvious than they think they are.

If joy or urgency are missing from our presentation of the gospel, then our testimony to Christ will be missing that sort of fullness that we find in the New Testament.

If you want to grow in true wisdom, grow in a knowledge of the God of the Bible.

A sight of the label is worth 50 years experience.

You'll see more violence in any television crime series than you will in my films Art is there to have a stimulating effect, if it earns its name. You have to be honest, that's the only thing.

Words, do not have twins in every language. Sometimes they only have distant cousins, and sometimes they pretend that they are not even related.