Art is the collaboration between God and the artist and the less the artist does the better.

I am a poor man and of little worth who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist and the less the artist does the better.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

What's fascinating about D.C. the exteriors are these elaborate structures this gorgeous architecture and beautiful stonework and then you go inside and it's crap-looking - apart from the White House which is beautiful.

After about the first Millennium Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture which spread throughout Europe much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.