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.

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.

Ideas exist in the marketplace; they are thrown out for everyone to use.

That's what you have to find in architecture. You have to find your signature. When you find it, you're the only expert on it. People can say they like it or don't like it. They can argue about it, but it's yours.

Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction.

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

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