My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.

Architecture is measured against the past, you build in the present, and try to imagine the future.

Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.

My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.

Technology cannot be an end in itself but must aim at solving long term social and ecological problems.

Architecture is about public space held by buildings.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

As architects we have a responsibility to society

I don't understand why everyone has to wear black, grey and white.

As an artist, what do you think the biggest mistake you can make is? My vote for the biggest mistake is being afraid of making mistakes.

Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower.

Self love is the elixir of an immortal heart.

I hope you find someone who knows how to love you when you are sad.

Oral myths are closer to the genetic conclusions than the often ambiguous scientific evidence of archaeology.

What the caterpillar calls a tragedy the Master calls a butterfly.

There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of being called on to make an after-dinner speech, and that is not being called on to make one.

He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse and mule.

You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.

Innovation no longer remains a choice but has become an imperative.

I fly with the stars in the skies I am no longer trying to survive.

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