Young people have the advantage because they have their whole lives open to be astonished.

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?

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.

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

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.

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