Sometimes I have to accept a job I don't really want. Hardly anybody comes up to you with a commission; it's all competitions these days.

When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today.

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

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

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

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