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.

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.

For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

I've never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building.

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