One of the things you see in New York is that offices keep their lights on at night. They’re proud of their building. Great. But they must find another way to be proud without draining energy. Richard Rogers Read Quote
The one advantage of being dyslexic is that you are never tempted to look back and idealise your childhood. Richard Rogers Read Quote
I like the idea of trying to influence society by taking a brief, then maybe subtly changing it or looking at it in a new way to see what interesting things can emerge. Richard Rogers Read Quote
Clearly, private developers can have different aims, and architects can only play a certain role. You can have some pretty big battles on public commissions, too. The key is to have a good client. Richard Rogers Read Quote
Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done. Richard Rogers Read Quote
You have to modernise; you have to change – you can’t just be traditional for the fun of being traditional. Richard Rogers Read Quote
I had lots of trouble in school as a child, and I lost confidence. Teachers thought I was stupid. I learned to read very late, when I was 11. Dyslexia wasn’t recognized then, and the assumption was you were incapable of thinking. Richard Rogers Read Quote
I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there. Richard Rogers Read Quote
I cycle, which is a healthy thing for an 80-year-old to do. I rarely go further than five miles, but in those five miles I can get to 80 percent of the places I want to go. Richard Rogers Read Quote
