The work needs to have a certain longevity. It lasts longer than we do.

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.

I was in Taiwan recently and was completely amazed by the density of population. It makes New York look like no one is out on the streets.

Ultimately it's the public nature of those projects that I most enjoy. Museums are more than just places to view art, they're also civic and social centers.

Architecture which enters into a symbiosis with light does not merely create form in light, by day and at night, but allow light to become form.

The responsibility of an architect is to create a sense of order, a sense of place, a sense of relationship.

Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.