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

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.

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

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

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.

You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.