A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.

A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

In a kingdom of thieves, the ways of an honest man will always be a crime.

And if you must cheat, then please cheat death. Because I couldn’t live a day without you.

I need that aggressive attitude to play my music and more men have that attitude than women.

I hope that I'll be able to have kids with a mate. But I don't know if that's in the plan.

My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be.

For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.

I'm also influenced by all the places I've traveled since then: I've been to Hollywood and great fashion shows and seen the world. I have a different perspective, and I mix that up.

The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long.

I believe that when we love someone, we respect them, and we listen to them; we feel that their voice matters. And- we let them dictate the terms of who they are and what their story is.

Journalism is in fact history on the run.