I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

We do pretty much whatever we want to.

I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.

Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.

In my own work, I'd say I'm a classicist, but I look everywhere for my solutions. I don't study the toilet-living habits of my clients, although that's a popular approach. First, I think of every building in history that has been similar in purpose. Then I think of the functional program - that's a major part of the study.

Architecture is art, nothing else.