I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret

Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a given space, the intrusion of one order into another.

Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge.

Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building.

To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.

I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret.

Do not love these gardens if you despise the dirt.

You shouldn’t claim the land alone but also take on responsibilities and change the land

I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.

Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth.

Every one is more or less master of his own fate.

Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.

I believe the people should have the opportunity to have a greater influence on politics with their ideas. We need a new impulse for renewal.

I have been very lucky to find something I am good at and can make money at... Playing with Bruce was the embodiment of everything that a little kid could dream about.

Flying was certainly formative for me; I have a deep and lasting ease with it as a result.

We change by changing our consciousness and by saying, money should not be a commodity. Money should be a means to an end.