Many architects say that they will never do a bridge. But I think they will discover that just as Fallingwater is a piece of art, so Golden Gate is a piece of art of the 20th century.
New York is still the most glamorous city I've ever been to, but it's starting to feel older. The sirens still wail; the paths in Central Park still pulsate with joggers. The Manhattan schist still trembles beneath your feet. But weirdly, it's starting to feel, dare I say it, a bit quaint.
I loved New York in the '50s.
I don't want to be cliched, but Buckingham Palace is beautiful, and the old red telephone booths are really interesting to me. I've always wanted to see those.
To me, the difference between New York and London is that things are boring and staid in London.
My commitment is that Crown Sydney won't be just another hotel: it will be a landmark building for Sydney with a design and quality that the city deserves.
I love New York. It just reminds me of so many movies... I look up at buildings, and feel like Godzilla should be climbing up them or something.
As I grew up, I knew that as a building it was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid of Giza, the nation's capital, the czar's winter palace, and the Louvre - except, of course, that it was better than all of those inconsequential places.
London is the greatest city in the world.
Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference.
The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic image of the tower itself - leads to elevator cabs inlaid with exotic woods in fanciful patterns. The entire route from street to office is invested with ceremony, dignity, and delight.
New York is a character, all on its own, and whenever you film there, it becomes part of the show. That's just the nature of being there.
I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.
When I look at Deco jewelry, I see the New York skyline - the Chrysler Building.
You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks... although the latter is much less realistic.
London is a brilliant city.
America's got amazing presentation, especially New York - the most potent, strongest, concentrated, amazing presentation.
London is a blast.
