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.

Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it.

I attended a lecture by a gray-haired old man from Finland, who later I discovered was the architect Alvar Aalto. I was very moved. I wasn't interested in architecture, but it was a moving thing I've never forgotten.

If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility.

The back of Saint Peter's is one of the finest pieces of architecture I've ever seen.

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

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.