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Of Course, I Have Given My Engineers Some Headaches Over The Years, But They Go With Me. I Have Always Wanted My Buildings To Be As Light As Possible, To Touch The Ground Gently, To Swoop And Soar, And To Surprise.

I Search For Surprise In My Architecture. A Work Of Art Should Cause The Emotion Of Newness.

I Have Always Accepted And Respected All Other Schools Of Architecture, From The Chill And Elemental Structures Of Mies Van Der Rohe To The Imagination And Delirium Of Gaudi. I Must Design What Pleases Me In A Way That Is Naturally Linked To My Roots And The Country Of My Origin.

The Rule Is The Worst Thing. You Just Want To Break It.

It Is Not With Architecture That One Can Disseminate Any Political Ideology.