Buffer between commercial, memorial and retail space.

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.

It is important to study your mission and your goal

Technology is a queer thing

By creating an artificial environment, we're not stimulating our immune system enough. Germs are immune-stimulants. They challenge you to be prepared.

You will invest your life in something, or you will throw it away on nothing.

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.

My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.

The sad truth is that truth is almost irrelevant in a court of law.

Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice].

For me style has something to do with your inner attitude towards clothes and the awareness what sits well on yourself.

Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.