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.

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public.

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

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

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.