Our lives are complex; our emotions are complex; our intellectual desires are complex. I believe that architecture … needs to mirror that complexity in every single space that we have, in every intimacy that we possess.

The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding.

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect.

In a strange way, architecture is really an unfinished thing, because even though the building is finished, it takes on a new life. It becomes part of a new dynamic: how people will occupy it, use it, think about it.

Don't look at the superficial success, at the short-term success. Look at the deep spiritual questions that architecture has to answer. Who do you build for? Where? What should you build?

And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city