An important work of architecture will create polemics.

It's important to understand differences in scale and environment.

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.

To be an architect has been a life-long dream. Little did I know when asked at the age of 14 'what do you want to do when you grow up?' I said I wanted to be an architect. After 50 years I am still learning all what that means. Working together with so many people has been enormously gratifying. Being an architect means being a member of a fantastic team.

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.

One of the real challenges, since we're working in so many places - Mexico, Japan, Brazil - is understanding variations, both in terms of culture and context.

If I had my druthers, I would do a lot more.