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

I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now.

Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what we’ve done in this life has been good. It was simple; it was modest. Everyone creates their own story and moves on. That’s it. I don’t feel particularly important. What we create is not important. We’re very insignificant.

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

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

I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and straight lines offered by reinforced concrete... This deliberate protest arose from the environment in which I lived, with its white beaches, its huge mountains, its old baroque churches, and the beautiful suntanned women.

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