We don't see the banality, but we accept banality. We accept it as inevitable, and it's not.

I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.

That's what you have to find in architecture. You have to find your signature. When you find it, you're the only expert on it. People can say they like it or don't like it. They can argue about it, but it's yours.

What I have learned about museum buildings is that buildings have to have iconic presentations. The position of the art museum vis-a-vis other civic buildings needs to be hierarchal in the community. It has to be equal to the library and the courthouse.

The safety requirements, which are necessary, spread everything out and push people farther and farther away from the stage and from each other.

I work from the inside out.

Your best work is your expression of yourself.