I am very different as a parent to new kids. My work changed from being rooted in the sky to being rooted in the earth.

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.

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.

Don't let your dreams be dreams.

Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female.

I didn't realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone.

I have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to do.

Europe is trying to get its fiscal house in order.

My three-thousand mile walk through Ireland convinced me of one thing - the possibility of organising a proper movement for the independence of my native land.

A merry heart is good like a medicine.

Baikida Carroll, whose balance of bravada and tenderness, facility and understatement mark him as a player to be reckoned with.

I think, as most people are, I'm fascinated with love, relationships, and my daily life so I'm very inclined to make films about those things.