When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared.

Ego gets you inches but it doesn't get you impact.

An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist.

For me, I think the most exciting thing in architecture is the re-emergence of the locally-focused architect.

A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that you hate, you should quit. That's the way I look at it. I'm in a job that I love so I'm going to make it my career.

Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical footprint. What good is it to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex, when the labor producing this architectural gem is unethical at best?

The fact that the president (Michelle Bachelet) was out giving minute-to-minute reports a few hours after the quake in the middle of the night gives you an indication of their disaster response.