The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
The beautiful is powerless but always exceeds what frames it, and what always frames it is discourse.
I always try hard to arrange all media in a way so that it expresses what I want - this is not limited to one medium alone and varies from case to case.
On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely.
I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.
Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the poetic in something that is perfectly rational.
For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It's a means of making different life forms possible.
The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.
I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?
The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.
I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.
The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.
Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.
Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.
Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I do.
Architecture is a result of a process of asking questions and testing them and re-interrogating and changing in a repetitive way.
Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required.
