The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.

I always say I'm no different than a 19th-century landscape painter, it's just that we have these incredible tools to look at the Earth and look at the world around us differently.

I always give the analogy of the Earth at Night picture, of 7.3 billion of us, right? And everyone says, "Well, that's population." Well, if you took the entire world's population and you lived at the density of Manhattan proper - not a bad place to live - how much space do 7.3 billion people take up? The state of Colorado. At which point I end my lectures, because I want you to be thinking ... is this really a question of population, or is this a question of land use and resource consumption? And let's face it, the top 1.3 billion of us are doing all the damage. Sorry.

I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

I loved school. I studied like crazy. I was a Class A nerd.