Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got work because of Bilbao.

My buildings are all on budget.

My father probably - he had flashes of creativity - he used to do store windows for fruit stores that he worked in and stuff.

I don't know whose box I'm in, and I don't really care.

I found the material that people hated the most and used the most. So, I was going and try and see if I could play with it sculpturally.

If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility.

Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it.