Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

The truth is, the way you write music, it's a code. It has to be very precise. It's scientific, but ultimately it also depends on interpretation. It's very similar to how you grow a master plan: it's an objective document, but at the same time it is a lyrical document which allows through interpretation to become a harmonious work of art.

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily.

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future.

And, yes, I love the process of building.

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

I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profundity of it means to all of us.