To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.

Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.

Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.

I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.