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

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.

There is always a point when one senses ones lack of skill, the doubt

But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.

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