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Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place, and it works over the generations because people go on vacation and they look for it.

The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture.

There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that doesn't hold up.

The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.

I hope you will understand that architecture has nothing to do with the inventions of forms. It is not a playground for children, young or old. Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit.

Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.

Architecture depends on facts, but its real field of activity lies in the realm of the significance.

In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives.

I don't think architecture should be considered as an art form in the first instance. Whenever I say that, it makes people really angry. But this is a very political profession in the Grecian sense. I believe there have to be reasons for every building, and that the ideas should not be self-referential.