We should work for simple, good, undecorated things

Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.

Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.

Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.

The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.

Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.

Beauty is the harmony of purpose and form.

God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is at least for me an abuse of paper.

Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction.

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street.

I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.

Marriage is not a Fashion show but Maturity and Management

The instinct, quiet inner voice is the voice of the Holy Spirit.

A good presentation = Conviction + Story + Message. Subject does't matter.

When you want to be alone, even few people around you will seem like a tremendous crowd to you!

Agile retrospectives are a great way to continuously improve the way of working.

What good does it do to remain tied to an ideology if you don't achieve anything by it? I have an ideology myself - you can't work in a vacuum; you have to have faith in something.

Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish.

Above all, John Galliano menswear is all about good design. And men have been short-changed by good design for too long.

I got it this time, Daddy Warbucks," I said.

I don't have goals in life.