I didn't have any interest in doing rich people's homes. I still don't.

That's where you have to look for your inspiration. Don't separate the rest of your life - who you are, what you love - from your work.

If the room is friendly to a relationship between lecturer and audience, you feel everything - the tension, the appreciation. I think the audience feels it too.

My buildings are all on budget.

When you agree to collaborate, you agree to jump off a cliff holding hands with everyone, hoping the resourcefulness of each will insure that you all land on your feet.

There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.

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