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

I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled in venerable old baroque churches.

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

Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of the fact that what is important is life, friends and attempting to make this unjust world a better place in which to live.

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?

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

Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.