Top 60 Quotes by Richard Rogers

It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in the countryside to work in a virtual way.

If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed.

I love my job. What would I retire to?

The Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea provide plenty of opportunities to walk, think and relax.

Architects are not clients. We can't build without something to built.

Suburban sprawl leads to social atomisation and fragmentation and is environmentally disastrous, as carbon-intensive car journeys displace local shops and replace public transport.

My parents always told me that nothing was impossible.

Family is everything, although I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the most amazing minds over the years, including Renzo Piano, John Young, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour.

Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.

My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.