People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.

I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.

When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.

Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.

I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.