Jean Nouvel

“Each new situation requires a new architecture.”

“A good building is one that creates a dialogue with its surroundings.”

“Light is a material. It is a fundamental material of architecture.”

“I am not a fan of the 'signature' style. I believe that every building should be a unique response to its context.”

“To build is to modify a territory, to inscribe a mark on the earth.”

“The future of architecture is not so much about the new, but about the re-invention of what already exists.”

“The museum of the future will be a museum of the senses.”

“I am an architect of my time. I try to be in the present.”

“Architecture is always a temporary modification of a territory.”

“The city is a sum of desires.”

“Architecture is the art of settlement, of inhabiting a place.”

“My buildings are more intelligent than me.”

“I am always on the side of the pleasure of living.”

“Architecture is a game of constraints.”

“Architecture has to be a little bit mysterious. It has to be a little bit ambiguous.”

“Every place has its own poetry. The role of the architect is to find it and to express it.”

“I work on the specificity of each situation. There is no formula.”

“I like to create buildings that are witnesses of their time.”

“An architect is a filmmaker. He is not a decorator.”

“A building is a world. It is a universe.”