Everybody's an artist. Unfortunately we don't treat them as such.

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

The safety requirements, which are necessary, spread everything out and push people farther and farther away from the stage and from each other.

I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull.

I'm a do-gooder liberal.

The game is if the orchestra can hear each other, they play better. If they play better and there's a tangible feeling between the orchestra and the audience, if they feel each other, the audience responds and the orchestra feels it.

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.