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It's so hard to shoot wealth. It doesn't show up on film. ”
Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society. ”
As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality. ”
What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings. ”
My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that. ”
People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok. ”
If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that - they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella. ”
Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated. ”
We have been harnessing every aspect of what makes Avenged truly unrelenting and building off of that. ”
We've never tried to write radio hits. If I hear our song on the radio, it's cool, and I'm proud, but it's never a goal. ”