I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.

I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.

Architecture is invention.

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.

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

For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.

When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.