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.

I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.

When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.

Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

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

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure.