If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. Use this quote
The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally. Use this quote
There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy. Use this quote
Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture. Use this quote
I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach? Use this quote
Architecture aims at Eternity. Use this quote
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. Use this quote
Every building is a prototype. No two are alike. Use this quote
The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. Use this quote
French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community. Use this quote
They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar. Use this quote
The job of buildings is to improve human relations: architecture must ease them, not make them worse. Use this quote
Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings. Use this quote
The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties. Use this quote
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition. Use this quote
Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved. Use this quote