Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can't be described. We can draw it up and we can make models of it, but it can only be experienced as a complete whole.

I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control.

It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

I can't shout out, "Do this." I don't want to be prescriptive. I want to give you facts, and that's the way I've always operated, whether it's a historical fact or a scientific fact, and then you actually have to connect it in your brain.

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.