I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?

The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.

A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.

You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits - you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived.

I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age.

I may not be the most interesting architect, but I'm still out there and have maintained some position of integrity.

Most architects work in ­studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and ­historical ­research were irrelevant.

Britain gets the architecture it deserves. We don’t value architecture, we don’t take it seriously, we don’t want to pay for it and the architect isn’t trusted.

If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.

Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.

It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities.

Gratitude is like the stem of the flower

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

To be a mere verbal critic is what no man of genius would be if he could; but to be a critic of true taste and feeling is what no man without genius could be if he would.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

The more we devote ourselves to the pursuit of holiness and happiness, the less likely we will be on a path to regrets.

I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2.

The mark of a good marriage is when only one of you goes crazy at a time!

Drogba is a fighter. He is the kind of player I would say 'With you I could go to every war.'

She [Kim Kardashian] was always my muse, now she's become other designers' muses.

I allow myself to have my feelings of disappointment and discouragement, but never to sit and wallow in them.