As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless

The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal.

The world is looking more and more segmented, the difference between people is becoming greater.

I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums.

Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated.