I refuse to work unless I get paid, so I don't get a lot of work sometimes.

As much as we pretend otherwise, we want what's comfortable, and we're afraid of the different. We're afraid of change.

I used to read more when I was a kid than I do now. It was all sort of fuel for the fire to teach you how to think and how to make things and it informed the architecture that I was doing. It's better coming in with that history and that kind of knowledge and depth of understanding of humanity that is very important for building buildings - for understanding people and how they should live and how you could make your lives better and stuff like that.

It should begin much earlier with arts education in the American school system, which is sadly deficient.

Ultimately you can't repress individuality, even though you can try.

The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself.

Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.