“The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend...” — David Chipperfield Quote

“The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.”

“I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age.”

“I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain it's seen as the catalyst for urban regeneration rather than the icing on the cake.”

“I am not an enthusiast when it comes to cities, preferring rolling scenery, wildlife and stars to museums, monuments, architecture and traffic.”

“The architecture for 'Paladin' - given that it's at least three books, with the possibility of more - turned out to be bigger than anything I've ever created, with multiple levels of reality, interlocking mysteries and a terabyte of time frame.”

“Architecture is invention.”