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I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.

If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.

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What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.

Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades...

When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities.

I'm not mainly interested in what buildings mean as symbols or vehicles for ideas.

Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement.

My first buildings, when I was about 30, were rejected for aesthetic reasons.

I've built two wooden houses near Vals. I built them for my wife. Those were private projects.

I work anywhere between three and 10 years on a project, depending on the size. My lifetime is finite. Therefore, I have to look carefully at how many projects I want to put into my lifetime.

I can't be bought with money. If someone calls me and asks me to work for them for three or four years, and they'll pay me well to build their vacation home, I ask myself why I should work three...

If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.

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