Man, there's another freedom out there, and it comes from somewhere else, and that somewhere else is the place I'm interested in.

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.

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 end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.

What I have learned about museum buildings is that buildings have to have iconic presentations. The position of the art museum vis-a-vis other civic buildings needs to be hierarchal in the community. It has to be equal to the library and the courthouse.

My father always told me that I was going to be a failure - I think he was more talking about himself, but I didn't know it at the time.

There's a drive in us to express ourselves in some way or form. We pick up whatever material is available. It's primitive. Kids see sand on the beach, build something and show their parents: "Look what I did, Mama." It's necessary to us.