Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.

Very often the opinion of the clients must be disregarded in their own interest.

Being a famous designer is like being a famous dentist.

I have noticed the computer sometimes leads to rather bland decision - making; Now, anybody can do a wobbly, blobby building.

The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong.

Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because the idea wasn't theirs.

Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance.

Any architectural work that does not express serenity is an error.

Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.