Turning 102 is crap, and there is nothing to commemorate.

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?

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.

The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged people.

Life is more important than architecture.

A church is something very beautiful. It is nice when people feel happy in it. But I am not a religious man. Look at us, and then at the infinity of space. We are rather small insignificant creatures, wouldn’t you say?

What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves we find in mountains, in the waves of the sea, in the body of the woman we love.