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

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.

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.

I really believe in the idea of the future.

It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.

A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever.

You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.

Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.

Well, I don't want to be king, I want to be real.

We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.

On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day.

It's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doing.

I keep my eyes and heart bent toward Jesus, therefore no human response can distract me from the Kingdom agenda.

As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?