Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine.

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.

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

And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just another site of development but it is a very special site. It is a site that souls and hearts of all Americans.

Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder.

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious

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