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 only o…

- Thomas Heatherwick

At the root of everything I do is a fascination with ideas – what ideas are for, what jobs they do.

- Thomas Heatherwick

I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses

- Thomas Heatherwick

The British government - any government - is potentially the worst [architectural] client in the world.

- Thomas Heatherwick