I guess you could say, I'm just a typical Methodist kid at heart.
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.
It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve - the curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuous course of its rivers, in the body of the beloved woman.
My work is not about "form follows function," but "form follows beauty" or, even better, "form follows feminine. "
The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged people.
What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves we find in mountains, in the waves of the sea, in the body of the woman we love.
Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.
I am, indeed, an absolute materialist so far as actual belief goes; with not a shred of credence in any form of supernaturalism—religion, spiritualism, transcendentalism, metempsychosis, or immortality.
Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.
I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.
My final, considered judgment is that the hardy bulb [garlic] blesses and ennobles everything it touches - with the possible exception of ice cream and pie.