For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere - a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK.

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.

You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me.

I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

Thank you Earth for I've never known a better friend

Why, even Death stands still and waits an hour for such a will.

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

You can't walk two steps without seeing a pregnant teen.

They say that ninety per cent of TV is junk. But ninety per cent of everything is junk.

Breath of the winds; dancing flame; peace of the earth; song of the waves.

I hate the idea that we might lose even a few talented future leaders because they fell for Bernie Sanders's spiel and then got discouraged when it didn't pan out.

That team across the way, you tip your hat to them. They did a great job. It showed in these Finals.

I think I was always going to be an Everton player from the day I was born. There is a certain type of player who is an Everton player

When we refer to 'the biblical approach to economics' or the biblical response to politics' or 'biblical womanhood,' we're using the Bible as a weapon disguised as an adjective.