Many people put a green button on their collar and feel good, just like a lot of people put an American flag on their lapels and feel patriotic. It's not enough.

The thing is, I hate the celebrity architect thing. I just do my work.

I found the material that people hated the most and used the most. So, I was going and try and see if I could play with it sculpturally.

In the Renaissance there wasn't a distinction. Bernini was an artist and he made architecture, and Michelangelo also did some great architecture.

I hate the word starchitect. Stuff like that comes from mean-spirited, untalented journalists. It's demeaning.

You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.

Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff.