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" I cycle, which is a healthy thing for an 80-year-old to do. I rarely go further than five miles, but in those five miles I can get to 80 percent of the places I want to go. "

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" I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art. "

Richard Rogers

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

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

" The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast. "

" 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. "

Richard Rogers

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" My architecture tends to be legible, light and flexible. You can read it. You look at a building, and you can see how it is constructed. I put the structure outside. "

" So I think that, yes, anything that makes it more palatable and easier to understand, such as a Virtual Centre, has to be seen as a primary activity within the educational and information global state. "

" Architecture is about public space held by buildings. "

" I love my job. What would I retire to? "

" When I started out, nearly every architect I knew was working in public practice; that's where the radical thinking was done. But, there's always a danger of looking back as our fathers did and saying, 'Things were better then.' "

" The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. "

" 'Be passionate about your work and your life' was instilled in me by my mother Dada, who was a potter. She also introduced me to the arts and encouraged me to embrace the new. "

Richard Rogers

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" If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport. "

" A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life. "

" I think you could make a completely Virtual Centre, though I have a general feeling, and maybe because I am getting very old, that you still need face to face. "

" Cities are about juxtaposition. "

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

" My parents always told me that nothing was impossible. "

" Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old Leftie, global capitalism does have its good side. It's broken down barriers - the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union - it's raised a lot of people up economically, and for architects, it has meant that we can work around the world. "

" Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know. "

" Cities depend on a healthy mix of uses and people for their vitality. As a pre-eminent world city, London is a magnet to people from across the globe. "

" Architecture is always political. "

" You know, the environment is fragmenting, and the environment is, in many places, absolutely hideous! "

" Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower. "

" The one advantage of being dyslexic is that you are never tempted to look back and idealise your childhood. "

" I believe very much in a dialogue between buildings - I believe it's always been there. I think buildings have different identities and live very well next to each other. We always have the shock of the new, and that's fine. The renaissance style is totally different from the medieval, and they have a dialogue across time. "

" I have a very big family, and that is my number one thing, and we go away for a month to see my cousins in Italy every year, but I need to work. "

" Most buildings, whether they're Gothic cathedrals or Romanesque ones, were high tech for their time. "

" I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there. "

Richard Rogers

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