At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible

We borrow from nature the space upon which we build.

If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.

My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.

It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.

As long as you have an objective in your mind you are young.

You have to shelf your excitement and be realistic about your internal and external strengths and weaknesses. (p.70)

All religions are both harmful and untrue.

Spokes are one of those Saturn-system phenomena that we are keenly interested in understanding.

Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.

I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppose I am. I am going to be that.

Yes, it is better to look from the window than not to look at all, but to look through the window cannot be compared to the windowless sky.

Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical.

I don't want to be a professional cripple. And I don't see the suicide stuff as tragic.

Memories, even hard memories, grew soft like peaches as they grow older.

There's a whole chapter about my unfortunate manscaping accident. I was so focused on, "I've got to look this certain way and do this to be ready for this." So I missed out on a lot.