That's why you go into architecture - at least I did - to do things for people. I think most of us are idealists. You start out that way, anyway.

The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself.

An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that.

We have always created - music, literature, art, dance. The art around us - or lack of it - may be a measure of how we're doing as individuals and as a civilization, so maybe we should be worried.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction. Everybody’s an artist. Unfortunately we don’t treat them as such.

Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.