Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time.

America has always imported history.

When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.

I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction, collaboration and creativity.