Architecture is invention.

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

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

I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.

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

I have always accepted and respected all other schools of architecture, from the chill and elemental structures of Mies van der Rohe to the imagination and delirium of Gaudi. I must design what pleases me in a way that is naturally linked to my roots and the country of my origin.

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