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> [The only honourable work my parents knew was blue-collar. But while my father Robert ran a pawnbroker's shop, and my mother was a waitress, I moved into a middle-class world with a level of security they never knew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/the-only-honourable-work-my-parents-knew-was-blue-collar-but-while-my/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

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## More by Norman Foster

> [Didn't think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC. For example, with regard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/didn-t-think-her-vision-was-consistent-with-the-orc-especially-the/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/as-an-architect-you-design-for-the-present-with-an-awareness-of-the/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/if-you-weren-t-an-optimist-it-would-be-impossible-to-be-an-architect/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/everything-we-design-is-a-response-to-the-specific-climate-and/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. It's also,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/manhattan-one-of-the-most-moneyed-spots-on-the-planet-also-has-one-of/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/there-s-a-snobbery-at-work-in-architecture-the-subject-is-too-often/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/every-time-i-ve-flown-an-aircraft-or-visited-a-steelworks-or-watched/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/you-cannot-separate-the-buildings-out-from-the-infrastructure-of/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/the-most-amazing-lesson-in-aerodynamics-i-ever-had-was-the-day-i/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [When the Great Fire of London destroyed most of the medieval city in 1666, Christopher Wren was invited to design a new one. Within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/when-the-great-fire-of-london-destroyed-most-of-the-medieval-city-in/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/i-hope-that-any-expansion-of-london-will-learn-from-the-planning/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/google-has-already-tested-robot-cars-in-san-francisco-if-they-can/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/our-object-in-life-should-be-to-accumulate-a-great-number-of-grand/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [The Italians have long known what makes a livable town or city.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/the-italians-have-long-known-what-makes-a-livable-town-or-city/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

> [A life-threatening illness or two certainly gives you an awareness of your own mortality. It heightens your sense of gratitude for things that previously,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-foster/a-life-threatening-illness-or-two-certainly-gives-you-an-awareness-of/)

[Norman Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-foster/)

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