I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

I spend a frightening amount of money on books.

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.

I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that.