41 Quotes by Thomas Heatherwick

One great building does not make a great city.

I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses

I'm wary of the word 'inventing,' because in the British psyche the word 'inventor' is immediately linked with 'mad'. For me, inventing is problem-solving.

I don't feel I'm trying to make art. I'm trying to make interesting things. People can relate to that.

It's important for people who criticise architects - whether what they build is or isn't to your taste - to appreciate how they devote themselves and put everything into bringing a building into existence.

I am finally getting the chance to build large structures and break preconceptions that my designs are just sculptures for people to be in. But my work always comes down to the human scale.

At the root of everything I do is a fascination with ideas – what ideas are for, what jobs they do.

To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.