We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation

Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its own life. There’s no greater satisfaction.

Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless.

Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work.

There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts.

Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.

It is possible to get rich only by being diligent

Ah, but is any history really all that ancient?' Second asked. 'Doesn't every moment from the past affect the present?' This man was more annoying than any history teacher Jordan had ever had.

If you are going to be a doubter, I don't need your negative energy.

We grow small trying to be great.

To experience visually, and to transform our visual experience into plastic terms, requires the faculty of empathy.

The dry grasses are not dead for me. A beautiful form has as much life at one season as another.

An accomplished mathematician, i.e. a most wretched orator.

There is an Islamic population in France, most of which comes from the North African countries.

Real success is gaining the ability to face situations in life with maturity.

People come up to me and share very personal and intimate things with me, and I am so touched by all the trust they have in me.