I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.

The official name of the project is 'Jewish Museum' but I have named it 'Between the Lines' because for me it is about two lines of thinking, organization and relationship. One is a straight line, but broken into many fragments, the other is a tortuous line, but continuing indefinitely.

Our lives are complex; our emotions are complex; our intellectual desires are complex. I believe that architecture … needs to mirror that complexity in every single space that we have, in every intimacy that we possess.

And, yes, I love the process of building.

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.

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

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.