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" I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down. "

Richard Rogers

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" Architecture is a living thing. If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change - but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years. "

" Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say 'but you can't do that' aren't actually very important. I don't take 'no' too seriously. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" Clearly, private developers can have different aims, and architects can only play a certain role. You can have some pretty big battles on public commissions, too. The key is to have a good client. "

" Architecture is about public space held by buildings. "

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

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

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" My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people. "

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "