My father probably - he had flashes of creativity - he used to do store windows for fruit stores that he worked in and stuff.

In the art world Robert Rauschenberg had been combining common materials that people thought was art and beautiful, and it was. If he could do that, I could emulate him.

If the general public demanded better, they'd get better, because the market­place responds to the public's needs and desires.

I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it much.

You can't ignore history; you can't escape it even if you want to. You might as well know where you come from, and you might as well know that everything has been done in some shape or form.

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

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