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So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.

The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.

I wanted to keep a Gothic cathedral alive in my heart.

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

Most buildings, whether they're Gothic cathedrals or Romanesque ones, were high tech for their time.

It's important for people who criticise architects - whether what they build is or isn't to your taste - to appreciate how they devote themselves and put everything into bringing a building into existence.

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.