I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.

Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.

Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.

It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung.

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

Start shaping your own day. Start walking your own walk. This journey is yours, take charge of it. Stop giving other people the power to shape your life.

The story of life depends on how well you live your life.

Your dreams are a poetic reflection of your soul's wishes. Be courageous enough to follow them.

Success is not money, cars, fame or material possessions but the lives you touched positively.

Optimism is essential to achievement and is also the foundation of courage and of true progress.

Avoid distant views, paint objects close up. If the foreground is well done the distance will take care of itself.

Almost all the progress ever made in human thought has been made by the Doubting Thomas's, the questioners, the challengers, the show-me crowd.

'Summer Heights High' is one of my favourite shows of all time. I'm obsessed. I re-watch it all the time.

Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

I don't think an artist should keep themselves categorized in a specific box.