Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. "The client made me do this." "The city made me do this." "Oh, the budget." I don't believe that anymore.

With computers we can work everything out from the beginning.

Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction. Everybody’s an artist. Unfortunately we don’t treat them as such.

If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility. It's not fluff. You have to do every detail on every bloody piece of the building. You have to know how the engineering works. You have to know how the fittings go together. You have to master the mechanical, electrical, acoustical - everything.

I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.

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

That's why you go into architecture - at least I did - to do things for people. I think most of us are idealists. You start out that way, anyway.