I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.

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.

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.

I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.

You don't know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don't talk to you. There's very little interaction.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

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