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

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

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

" 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? "

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

" I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled. "

" The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes. "

" I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think. "

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

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

" The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger. "

" You cannot use the democratic process for the procurement of excellence. "

" Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives me an opportunity to not just be inside or outside, but in a range of contexts. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Building design isn't trendy. "

" 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. "

" My father, an engineer, was the gentlest man I knew. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm really quite conscious of clothes and the way they fit and don't regret wearing anything. Not even the five-inch stack heels I wore with three-button high-waisters at comprehensive school. Regret is for wimps. "

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

" My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick. "