Too many are too obsessed by method. it becomes a dogma.

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies.

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

Malevitch discovered abstraction as an experimental principle that can propel creative work to previously unheard levels of invention; this abstract work allowed much greater levels of creativity.

I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' There are magical moments in these places.

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.