Architecture is not all about the design of the building and nothing else, it is also about the cultural setting and the ambience, the whole affair.

In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good

My favorite project is always the next one.

If I have a style, I am not aware of it.

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.

I have no requirements for a style of architecture.

Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things.

I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.

I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension.

I don't care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people.

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this

Race doesn't determine the quality of one's heart

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

President [George] Bush made the U.S. absolutely the leader, between its own PEPFAR, and it's been by far the biggest Global Fund donor. That's a legacy.

Golf is a bloodless sport-if you don't count ulcers.

Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.

The Japanese have a word for it. It's Judo - the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of Judo is, "Yes dear".

If I ever over hear people saying I give off an 'Ed Harris type of sexy vibe.' I'll be pretty psyched.

I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.

There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.