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

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

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

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

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.

To fly, we must have resistance.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.