- Nov 07, 2020
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- Ownership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe in the ownership of work.
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there.
- Healthy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cycle, which is a healthy thing for an 80-year-old to do. I rarely go further than five miles, but in those five miles I can get to 80 percent of the places I want to go.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a very big family, and that is my number one thing, and we go away for a month to see my cousins in Italy every year, but I need to work.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my job. What would I retire to?
- Excluded
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- Nov 07, 2020
Education in British schools isn't good enough. It's not remotely imaginative enough. It lets down too many children, excluding them from society, and, as I've often said, people who are excluded from society tend to express themselves in ways not acceptable to society.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old Leftie, global capitalism does have its good side. It's broken down barriers - the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union - it's raised a lot of people up economically, and for architects, it has meant that we can work around the world.
- Looking Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started out, nearly every architect I knew was working in public practice; that's where the radical thinking was done. But, there's always a danger of looking back as our fathers did and saying, 'Things were better then.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents always told me that nothing was impossible.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Athenians had an oath for someone who was about to become a citizen. They had to swear that 'I shall leave the city not less but more beautiful than I found it.'
- Architecture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Architecture is always political.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my mother taking me to see the Picasso show in the 1940s, and I was impressed by the life and vibrancy of it all. It was a bit too avant-garde for most Londoners at the time, but since then, the city has become a centre for modern culture.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Be passionate about your work and your life' was instilled in me by my mother Dada, who was a potter. She also introduced me to the arts and encouraged me to embrace the new.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea provide plenty of opportunities to walk, think and relax.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family is everything, although I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the most amazing minds over the years, including Renzo Piano, John Young, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour.
- Depend
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cities depend on a healthy mix of uses and people for their vitality. As a pre-eminent world city, London is a magnet to people from across the globe.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020