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.

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.

In a war the most dangerous thing is to understand the enemy. To understand is to forgive.

The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order.

Tread softly upon the earth because the faces of the unborn look up at you.

For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to reshape British society than Reagan did here.

With a horror movie, you want to know where the engine of the fear is coming from. Like in comedy, you want to know what the engine that's going to make the comedy - where that's coming from.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear.

It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument.

Growing up, I never thought about the thing called money.

Keeping your emotions all locked up is something that’s unfair to you. When you clearly know how you feel. You should say it.