"The point of cities is multiplicity of choice."

"There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served."

"Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches."

"Design is people."

"I watched 'Iron Man 3' the other night, and my chin was on the floor. 'Vikingdom' is a different type of movie, because it's rooted in reality. The characters are more real; they're not these superhuman people who can fly and do things."

"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."

"I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age."

"No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical."