When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn't think I would amount to anything. My mother also.
Those who say only artists and architects can create are the ones who are elitist.
I hate the word starchitect. Stuff like that comes from mean-spirited, untalented journalists. It's demeaning.
With computers we can work everything out from the beginning.
The thing is, I hate the celebrity architect thing. I just do my work.
Man, there's another freedom out there, and it comes from somewhere else, and that somewhere else is the place I'm interested in.