You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.

The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.

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.

It's a metaphor for what we're being told: "Just stay in the box, kid, don't muddy the water." Parents say it to their kids. Teachers say it. Schools do. And so people become immune to the sameness.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

The thing is, I hate the celebrity architect thing. I just do my work.

I'm going to design the container and interior spaces. You bring your own stuff to it and make it your own.