Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world.

Surprise is key in all art.

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.

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

The rule is the worst thing. You just want to break it.

Architecture is invention.

The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.