"Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture."

"Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning."

"People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More and more I think that architecture has nothing to do with it. Of course, that's both liberating and alarming."

"The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models."

"Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest."

"I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod."

"The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life."

"Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful."