Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things.

I once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I put the tea kettle on, and when it starts to sing it makes me smile - goddamn you!" That's what happened when we first designed it - we got a lot of mail.

Architects love to rethink a project - that's what we do. If something is successful, like a house or a kettle, in this case, it's a great compliment when someone wants another one.

I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

I know that's not something that people like to do - identify a favorite. But I do.

I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension.