Prada is extremely directed in terms of communicating what they like and what they don't like. That is actually extremely pleasant because it clarifies very easily what you can do and what you need to do.

That has been my entire life story. Running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated. The acceptance of certain realities doesn’t preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.

Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.

Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate.

The stronger the identity, the more it imprisons, the more it resists expansion, interpretation, renewal, contradiction.

Criticism per se does not worry me. I've always solicited it as part of the design process.

If you have this reputation you can sit back and endure it, or you can try to do things with it.