When people see something fantastic they think that it's not possible to achieve it in real life. But that's not true. You can achieve amazing things.

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

I don’t think you can teach architecture. You can only inspire people.

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

I always thought I was powerful, since I was a kid.

I will always have two regrets. I don't have a presence in London, and I would have liked to have done more work in the Middle East.

Cities should invest in good spatial organisation that has more impact than just making a terrible cheap building, which you see a lot of.

You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.