I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind

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.

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

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.

Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.

In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.