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

Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.

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

Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high.

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

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