With products the form is almost the finished piece, but with architecture it is not.

When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.

All the privileged can travel, see different worlds, not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves.

I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.

When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.