My inspiration came from the land, ... and, of course, from Paul Klee . . . and the poetics of his paintings.

Every year I spend one month just sailing, but I still work when Im on the boat. You never separate work from leisure. A boat is like a magic world, like a little island.

A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesnt just draw things.

I dont remember a single thing in my childhood that was not related in some way to building.

Architecture is art. I don't think you should say that too much, but it is art. I mean, architecture is many, many things. Architecture is science, is technology, is geography, is typography, is anthropology, is sociology, is art, is history. You know all this comes together. Architecture is a kind of bouillabaisse, an incredible bouillabaisse. And, by the way, architecture is also a very polluted art in the sense that it's polluted by life, and by the complexity of things.

London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design.

Architects have to dream, we have to search for our Atlantises, to be explorers, adventurers, and yet to build responsibly and well.