"Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architect..." — Frank Gehry

Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got work because of Bilbao.

I'm a leftie, and I've always believed in doing things on a modest scale.

I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.

My only extravagance in life is my sailboat. I'm bonkers about that, but other than that, I don't spend money on myself.