An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

The sadness of the incomplete the sadness that is often Life but should never be Art.

So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.

The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture and the language that we use about politics it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties.

I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale.

I left science then I went into art but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them.

Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into surprising new forms.

It was amazing that during rehearsals without any of the costume on the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time I didn't know I was doing it.

Essex is an amazing county with its own set of rules. It's a completely different world.

It's actually amazing because you go so far into another side of your brain when you're studying something completely different and I loved it.