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

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.

The Alessi relationship and the Target one has broadened the role of architects in society and broadened the concept that design belongs to everyone.

My favorite project is always the next one.

I have no requirements for a style of architecture.

Alberto Alessi had asked a dozen architects to design a sterling silver tea service - with a teapot, a coffee pot, sugar, creamer, a spoon, and a tray. Our brief was that it didn't matter if it didn't work and cost wasn't the issue. It was a promotional project, not a commercial enterprise, and was going to be showcased in museums. And the coffee and tea piazza, as mine was called, received a great response. It was wonderful to walk into the Whitney museum and see all these objects on the first floor.

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