Richard Rogers Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.”

“Cities are about juxtaposition.”

“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.”

“There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.”

“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.”

“Education in British schools isn't good enough. It's not remotely imaginative enough. It lets down too many children, excluding them from society, and, as I've often said, people who are excluded from society tend to express themselves in ways not acceptable to society.”

“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'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'.”

“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.”