I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.

I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.

Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it. They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own - cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.

I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.