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.

Whiteness allows the architectural ideas to be understood most clearly - the difference between opacity and transparency, solid and void, structure and surface. These things are more perceptible in a white environment. They have a greater clarity.

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

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

The world has changed a great deal from when I began 50 years ago. I was very fortunate. There were a lot of opportunities that perhaps don't exist today.

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

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