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

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

" If I welcomed people into my lovely home every week in the pages of a magazine, they'd soon see how incredibly dull it is. It's important to maintain a bit of mystique. "

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

" My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens. "

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

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

" Building a house from scratch in the middle of a field is a bit like building a prototype car. As with all prototypes, if you're building a car you usually have the luxury of producing several prototypes before you arrive at the production line version - so the opportunity for changing things is quite rich. "

" 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? "

" Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet. "

" I am a big fan of long drop, composting toilets - I like the cycle of using waste. When you have experienced one and seen what comes out of the bottom, it is amazing stuff. It's the most beautiful, driest, sweet-smelling compost. "

" I spend a frightening amount of money on books. "

" A friend of mine once wrote a silly article about all these metrosexuals like David Beckham wearing sarongs, and she described me as a 'heteropolitan.' I don't know what that means. I think it was a joke. "

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

" Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty. "

" 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. "

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

" I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing. "

" A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone. "

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

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

" I'm terrified of being poor, I always have been. It's growing up as a Methodist. I'll spend that bit of extra money to get a better seat on a train sometimes, because it's quieter and calmer, but I refuse to spend money on clothes. "

" Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung. "

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

" I don't know whether other asthma sufferers find this, but I've noticed that even when I've got my asthma under control, I often develop another problem such as an ear, chest or sinus infection and sometimes even joint pains. "

" Your home should be about enriching the daily experience. "

" 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. "

" We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet. "

" People have got to get over the fear of not being able to trust others. I come across people who are very successful in their own sphere, and really believe they can do it all themselves, but they can't. "

" Life involves other people and it is a compromise. "