When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business.

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

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.

How we are using up our home, how we are living and polluting the planet is frightening. It was evident when I was a child. It's more evident now.

If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?

You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.