Be innovative. Don't listen to the tried and tested wisdom. Take a risk!

Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back our fees. We want to get paid. And that's it. It'll get solved and we'll carry on with planning Ground Zero.

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

And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole.

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream.

What is a habit? It’s just a shackle for ourselves.

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