There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here.

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

There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here.

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

Call Berlin. Drop everything we're doing. I have a complete vision of what should be.

I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.

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.