Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

Form follows beauty.

It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.

I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.

Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.

Architecture is invention.

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.

Surprise is key in all art.

For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.

My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'

Architecture is invention.