I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination.

The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.

All my work is much more peaceful than I am.

To fly we have to have resistance.

I also wanted remembering the past relevant to the present. Some people wanted me to put the names in alphabetical order. I wanted them in chronological order so that a veteran could find his time within the panel. It's like a thread of life.

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.