“Oscar Niemeyer really inspired me. He's from South America, where natu...” — Ma Yansong Quote

“Oscar Niemeyer really inspired me. He's from South America, where nature has meaning. And his architecture was not expensive or high tech but artistic and spiritual. I like that.”

“I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the past.”

“I actually feel like a very traditional architect.”

“The architecture in Florence is light years ahead of anywhere I've ever been in terms of beauty and design.”

“I remember coming back to the U.K. after spending five months in Charlotte for 'Homeland,' and I just found myself just wandering around London. There's nothing like it - the buildings, the architecture, the sense of history, the sense of culture - there really is nothing like it.”

“Somehow, architecture alters the way we think about the world and the way we behave. Any serious architecture, as a litmus test, has to be that.”