The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and work with them as I'm searching for an idea that works.

If I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it, I don't do it.

It should begin much earlier with arts education in the American school system, which is sadly deficient.

I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.

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.

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

Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.