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

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

A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

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.

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.