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.

I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave.

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.

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?

I love New York, but I'd felt like an outsider here.

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

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.