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Norman Foster quotes: As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

Norman Foster quotes: Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere.

Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere.

Norman Foster quotes: You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.

You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.

Norman Foster quotes: I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

Norman Foster quotes: The Italians have long known what makes a livable town or city.

The Italians have long known what makes a livable town or city.

Norman Foster quotes: The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.

The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.

Norman Foster quotes: I think you never stop learning.

I think you never stop learning.

Norman Foster quotes: I travel continuously, and I see many cities, but there is nowhere like London.

I travel continuously, and I see many cities, but there is nowhere like London.

Norman Foster quotes: Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don't.

Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don't.

Norman Foster quotes: I think cars encapsulate the history of innovation and style - it's the other side of the coin of the car being public enemy No.1.

I think cars encapsulate the history of innovation and style - it's the other side of the coin of the car being public enemy No.1.

Norman Foster quotes: I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an aircraft, which I imagined myself piloting.

I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an aircraft, which I imagined myself piloting.

Norman Foster quotes: I describe the design process as like the tip of the iceberg. What you don't see is the long haul: all the endless auditing and things like that.

I describe the design process as like the tip of the iceberg. What you don't see is the long haul: all the endless auditing and things like that.

Norman Foster quotes: Anything that reduces fuel consumption and cuts down on greenhouse gasses is good news.

Anything that reduces fuel consumption and cuts down on greenhouse gasses is good news.

Norman Foster quotes: It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.

It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.

Norman Foster quotes: Architecture is an expression of values.

Architecture is an expression of values.

Norman Foster quotes: I tend to move between turtlenecks and shirts and ties. I don't really have a uniform in the sense that some people might.

I tend to move between turtlenecks and shirts and ties. I don't really have a uniform in the sense that some people might.

Norman Foster quotes: If you weren't an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.

If you weren't an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.

Norman Foster quotes: Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place.

Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place.

Norman Foster quotes: Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity ...

Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity ...