The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
Life is more important than architecture.
Camus says in 'The Stranger' that reason is the enemy of imagination. Sometimes you have to put reason aside and make something beautiful.
I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
The rule is the worst thing. You just want to break it.
Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.