I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension.

I'm not interested in how people dress. Of course, I recognize if somebody's elegant. But fashion doesn't interest me.

I like the irony in my work.

When you want to do something that is challenging or interesting or new, you never find the place. All the places are obvious or old or generic. And so you realize that the role of architecture is fundamental.

One's life and passion may be elsewhere, but New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense in life.

The older I get, the more I prefer to talk to old people. Old people or kids.

I don't want to say temporary, because temporary is such a trendy word.