“My buildings are more famous than me.”

“Each new situation requires a new architecture.”

“I think architecture has to be a gift.”

“I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game.”

“It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.”

“You did it... now you should pay... that's how the world works.”

“The intelligence of cinema-goers should be respected.”

“Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.”