London Is One Of The Most Civilised

Knowing How To Do Things Not Just With The Head, But With The Hands As Well: This Might Seem A Programmatic And Ideological Goal. It Is Not. It Is A Way Of Safeguarding Creative Freedom.

A Builder Is Like A Little God - Somebody Who Does Things, Doesnt Just Draw Things.

A Museum Is A Place Where One Should Lose One's Head.

Architecture Is Art. I Don't Think You Should Say That Too Much, But It Is Art. I Mean, Architecture Is Many, Many Things. Architecture Is Science, Is Technology, Is Geography, Is Typography, Is Anthropology, Is Sociology, Is Art, Is History. You Know All This Comes Together. Architecture Is A Kind Of Bouillabaisse, An Incredible Bouillabaisse. And, By The Way, Architecture Is Also A Very Polluted Art In The Sense That It's Polluted By Life, And By The Complexity Of Things.

If You Have Total Freedom, Then You Are In Trouble. It's Much Better When You Have Some Obligation, Some Discipline, Some Rules. When You Have No Rules, Then You Start To Build Your Own Rules.