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.

I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.

Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head.

There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.

I don't micromanage the interiors. People ask me to and I say no. I don't want to control everything.

Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for one of the best avant-garde dancers in the world.

Generally in our world, whether in architecture or almost anywhere else, we devalue the artist, and schools at whatever level shut people down.