If someone gives me a to-do list, I say 'thank you, this is nice.' One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.

I had an interview once with some German journalist - some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists - maybe a week after - and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, "It's impolite; remove your glasses." I said, "Do I ask you to remove your bra?"

When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.

In fact, I don't even know myself. That is the big secret of the story. That there is no story.

Change is the healthiest way to survive.

We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.

Sometimes it's easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don't have the idea.