There are self-made millionaires - their aspiration is first to make money. But the once that goal is achieved, they have to look for something and sometimes they become patrons of art or museums. And that is how the world should go.

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.

I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society. When the external factors of a city's environment require the wall to be without openings, the interior must be especially full and satisfying.

If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.

I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.

It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.

I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.