When you were a kid, if you went to the Montreal Forum or a hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens, which I did, there was a great feeling. The new stadiums don't have it. Why don't they have it? Building codes.

Ideas exist in the marketplace; they are thrown out for everyone to use.

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

Computers allow architects to remain parental instead of being marginalized by the contractors and managers.

The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.

I do my best to choose carefully. If I don’t feel that collaboration is going to happen, I say no. Think about it. These projects can involve a five-to-seven-year partnership. If you don’t feel comfortable with someone, you can’t get rid of them. I just walked away from a job for that reason. Every one of these projects is an emotional investment, like falling in love. You’ve got to believe in it and you’ve got to like the people you work with.

The architect Borromini's Quattro Fontane, a little church in Rome, is one of the most beautiful rooms in history.