There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.

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

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

Many people put a green button on their collar and feel good, just like a lot of people put an American flag on their lapels and feel patriotic. It's not enough.

Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architects want to go back to that.

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

In an ideal world, pressure should come from below and from the top.