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I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina of age on materials, of innumerable small scratches on surfaces, of varnish that has grown dull and brittle, and of edges polished by use.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

Not everything needs to be recycled.

I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art will be preserved for future generations or be erased.

It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future.