To fly, we have to have resistance. It's all about turbulence. Reacting to images of wave patterns in fluid motion.

I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.

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 probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that.

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.

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

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