And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just another site of development but it is a very special site. It is a site that souls and hearts of all Americans.

I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious

Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine.

Be innovative. Don't listen to the tried and tested wisdom. Take a risk!

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily.

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.

What is a habit? It’s just a shackle for ourselves.

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

And, yes, I love the process of building.

..."la ficción es casi siempre copia de la realidad, o es exageración de la misma, o disimulo de lo que si ha ocurrido".

Surely even those immune from the world, for the time being, need the touch of one another, or all is lost.

The turning point for effective communication is actually hearing what is being said, rather than hearing what you want to hear instead.

The sales process ends/failed when the client feels that you want his money, more than his benefits.

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.

I'm not lucky. If I play another player, even if I don't play really good, I think I can win.

A little too abstract, a little too wise, It is time for us to kiss the earth again, It is time to let the leaves rain from the skies, Let the rich life run to the roots again.

Angel, getting you off is ninety-nine percent of the fun for me.

I get turned on by the idea of an essence - finding the essence of the thing.