Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.

If youth knew if age could.

I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.