Surprise Is Key In All Art.

My Ambition Has Always Been To Reduce A Building's Support To A Minimum. The More We Diminish Supporting Structures, The More Audacious And Important The Architecture Is. That Has Been My Life's Work.

I Search For Surprise In My Architecture. A Work Of Art Should Cause The Emotion Of Newness.

I Like Talking To Priests, To Catholics. Everyone Has Their Beliefs.

There Is No Reason To Design Buildings That Are More Basic And Rectilinear, Because With Concrete You Can Cover Almost Any Space.

When I Was Very Little My Mother Said I Used To Draw In The Air With My Fingers. I Needed A Pencil. Once I Could Hold One, I Have Drawn Every Day Since.