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I've forgiven all my enemies - even those who have stolen money from me.

There's nothing you can do about busted ribs. You just have to wait for them to pop back into place again.

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

I spend a frightening amount of money on books.

There's no reason for your imagination to be fettered by money.

I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life ... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?

The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes.

I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.

My father, an engineer, was the gentlest man I knew.

I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.

The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.

Life involves other people and it is a compromise.

Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that.

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

One mustn't mistake bling for excellence, just as one mustn't mistake quiet for mediocre.

Awesome is loud but awe is quiet.

I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think.

Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.

The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.

If you said to me, 'Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,' I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.

Self-builders are the adrenalin junkies of the DIY world; it's the equivalent of base-jumping off the top of the Gherkin to land in a paddling pool.

Your home should be about enriching the daily experience.

You cannot use the democratic process for the procurement of excellence.

I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick.

I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

When I left university, I idled around without focus for much too long.

Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.

Luckily I have never missed a day's filming or work due to asthma.

I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it.