First life, then spaces, then buildings - the other way around never works.

A good city is like a good party - people stay longer than really necessary, because they are enjoying themselves.

Cultures and climates differ all over the world, but people are the same. They’ll gather in public if you give them a good place to do it.

Only architecture that considers human scale and interaction is successful architecture.

A good city is like a good party. People don't want to leave early.

Something happens because something happens because something happens

An endless number of green buildings doesn't make a sustainable city.

If you make more roads, you will have more traffic.

Make it nice where you are, and put the density on top.

BLUE, THE colour of the sky, of the ocean, of certain stars and planets and the hue of the bluest eyes you have ever seen.

Don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own. (This is easier said than done.)

a lady could do, so I was told, just about nothing that she might want to do except attend all parties.

Art is to make our lives richer and fuller.

The world's a small place and people are watching; and, you know, somebody disappears, the family knows and their colleagues know, and so eventually, these things do get out.

I became a filmmaker because I wanted to deal with issues that intrigued me, that I thought were pertinent, that would start dialogue.

Love or hate me, I stay hate free They say we learn from mistakes, well, that's why they mistake me

Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position.

My aim is a very modern Dior, but at the end of the day, I also look back.

My God, my higher power. It's mine and mine alone. I create my connection and I decide how my connection is going to be.