“The beauty of architecture is it involves work that stretches over a v...” — Ma Yansong Quote

“The beauty of architecture is it involves work that stretches over a very long time but often starts in one instant, with just one emotion, a kind of instinctual response.”

“Sometimes I sketch and then scan my sketch directly to make the curves more freehand. I don't want to make perfect industrial curves.”

“To allow millions of people to live together on limited land, we have to go to the sky; we have to build a high rise. But we can still build nature and social space into the towers. Each family can have their own courtyard in the sky.”

“I've never left China. My family's been there for 600 years. But my architecture is not consciously Chinese in any sense. I'm a western architect.”

“Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn't have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact.”

“I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art.”