I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts.

You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.

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 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 left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.