New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.

For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.

I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an 'ism' kind of bothers me.

New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.

I had a dual role: designer and advocate.

I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.

There are bound to be differences in any artistic collaboration with landscape elements, or theater, of lighting elements.