Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.

I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner at 8 p.m. My daily tasks vary very much.

Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism, that everyone has a gift. I don’t want anything but general happiness. Why is that bad?

It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.

Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.

I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.