You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.

Of course there is a lot of fluidity now between art, architecture and fashion - a lot more cross-pollination in the disciplines, but this isn't about competition, it's about collaboration and what these practices and processes can contribute to one another.

One has to strive for a very open liberal society.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.

When I taught, all my best students were women.

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.