Thomas Heatherwick Quotes
- The British government - any government - is potentially the worst [architectural] client in the world.
- I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses
- At the root of everything I do is a fascination with ideas – what ideas are for, what jobs they do.
- Museums just seem to have this borrowed cachet—if I want to seem cultural, I will design something cultural. I resist the idea that culture is…
- An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future…
- 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…
- To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.
- One great building does not make a great city.