I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.

It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.

If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication.

You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.