My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.

Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.

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

The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.

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.

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.

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.