All clients think that they are architects.

To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have space for more.

I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality.

I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple.

There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading - because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity - that is a very exciting area in architecture.

One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.

When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical architecture visually, but I think the brilliant part of it is actually spatial.