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

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" One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. "

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" I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it would be acceptable to hope. "

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" A well-designed home has to be very comfortable. I can't stand the aesthetes, the minimal thing. I can't live that way. My home has to be filled with stuff - mostly paintings, sculpture, my fish lamps, cardboard furniture, lots of books. "