Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down.

So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture.

Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work.

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.

Architecture is a discipline that takes time and patience. If one spends enough years writing complex novels one might be able, someday, to construct a respectable haiku.

Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work.