When I was a child I could do math and art, so I had left- and right-brain capabilities. But I've seen my children, who are more right-brained, struggling. My son was told he wouldn't make it to college, but he dogged it through and ended up being accepted by 10 major art schools after the high school advisor said, "Please don't apply. You're going to be disappointed." That kid's an artist now.

There is stuff I would have liked to have done. But there are no sour grapes.

With computers we can work everything out from the beginning.

When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn't think I would amount to anything. My mother also.

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

There is an order to our environment, a broader order.

Chicago's one of the rare places where architecture is more visible.