We need to have a culture that says 'the less energy you can use to be comfortable, the better off you are and the better you should feel about yourself'.
The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.
I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself.
If you want to show a picture, just show it - don't spend too much time arranging it.
I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.
Architecture is definitely a political act.
The best clients in the world are the people who cause you to struggle.
You'll be happy to know that the universal law that created miracles hasn't been repealed.
I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the London Book Fair (which I'd never even heard of before), as they were gearing up for Korea being the market focus country in 2014. I met Max Porter there, Kang's editor at Portobello, sent him my sample, and the rest is history.
Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.
If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.