56 Quotes by Norman Foster

You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.

I describe the design process as like the tip of the iceberg. What you don't see is the long haul: all the endless auditing and things like that.

I travel continuously, and I see many cities, but there is nowhere like London.

Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much closer to certain projects than I could ever be.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place.

There are those airports which make you feel better, and there are those airports that, when you go there, your heart sinks: you can't wait to get out of there. They both function as airports, but it's the things that you can't measure that make them different.

Anything that reduces fuel consumption and cuts down on greenhouse gasses is good news.

I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an aircraft, which I imagined myself piloting.