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

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

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

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.

My family is my vulnerability.

Rain is Love, Love is Bliss, Bliss is Blessing.

Don’t you rob yourself of what you’re feeling; don’t rob yourself of all that you could be.

We have God's joy in our blood.

However unchristian it may seem, I do not even bear any ill feeling towards myself.

My father was a director, and he used to always tell me, "You should be an actress." When I was 17, he gave me a job so that I'd be in the union.

One man's fish is another man's poisson.

Connecting today is a dialogue.

Strange but true: those who have loved God most have loved men least.

The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling.