Architecture is always political.

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.

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

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.

It was more real than anything she’d ever imagined, and she clung to that in the same way that the sky clung to the earth.

Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.

Words are life. Positive words create positive life.

We are the Dragon-Hearted.

Sometimes believing is a matter of deciding. Deciding who you’re going to trust and what you know about who you trust.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

I've been on the tour for 23 years and anybody who knows me knows that I am a jokester.

We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.

I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.

it's a reminder of one of the greatest lessons of all: live as if you'll live forever, but live each day as if it were your last.