Clearly the anti-Semitism in Germany in the 1930s went overboard and it was clearly a terrible moment in history.

The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.

I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.

If you want to show a picture, just show it - don't spend too much time arranging it.

Architecture is definitely a political act.

The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.

I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'

The best clients in the world are the people who cause you to struggle.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.

I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.

Patience can be bitter but her fruit is always sweet.

Dalgliesh was too experienced to assume that fear implied guilt

A Single journey can change the course of a life.

Set your expectations and goals so high that people think they're impossible, that's when you know you set them too low.

Let's Do It; Let's Fall in Love.

For my last meal I'd want an Irish breakfast with soda bread and one of my dad's omelettes with three or four eggs.

I loved the feeling of talking and having somebody really listen to what I have to say. It was like a high or something.

Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.

I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't.