Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.

I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.

But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much.

You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests.

I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio.

With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change.

It may sound affected - but it is the act of creation itself, and it is equally exhilarating whether one is working on a teaspoon or a national bank.