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

Light has not just intensity, but also a vibration, which is capable of roughening a smooth material, of giving a three-dimensional quality to a flat surface.

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

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

In a way I spend my entire life stealing from everything - from the past, from cities I love, from where I grew up - grabbing things, taking not only from architecture but from Italy, art, writing, poetry, music.

There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. Its the art of putting all your energy into one thing; its the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture.

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