A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone.

I've forgiven all my enemies - even those who have stolen money from me.

The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it.

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.

I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick.