My ambition has always been to reduce a building's support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious and important the architecture is. That has been my life's work.

Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life better.

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.

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

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

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

The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.