For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.

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

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

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.

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.

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.