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.

For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.

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

A new idea is obsolete in seconds, right?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

Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction.

When I start my class I ask the students to write their signatures on pieces of paper and put them on a table. I have them look at them, and I point out, "They're all different, aren't they? That's you, that's you, that's you, that's you."

I found the material that people hated the most and used the most. So, I was going and try and see if I could play with it sculpturally.