I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it would be acceptable to hope.

I don't micromanage the interiors. People ask me to and I say no. I don't want to control everything.

A new idea is obsolete in seconds, right? I just said it and now it's obsolete.

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

There are places that are so designed they're unlivable.

The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. I tell this to my students: It's not about copying me or my logic systems. It's about allowing yourself to be yourself.

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