Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent.

Technology should be used to create unforgettable experiences that enhance our natural and built environments, transforming them in newly meaningful ways.

Briefs need limitations and invitations

Good restaurant design is about achieving equilibrium between the food, service, and design - in effect, telling a complete story.

My work is strongly rooted in place and memory, in personal, formative experiences that took shape within very different environments.

Portable designs have the power to transform unused public spaces into dynamic environments that build and invite communal experiences.

The design of a restaurant should embrace the identity of the chef, the nature of the cuisine, and the context of the restaurant itself.

But what makes my job so great is there's no one answer that's right for every restaurant.

Play and transformation were a bit part of my childhood - using whatever materials were at our disposal, my brothers and I would constantly build and create fantasy worlds.

Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it.

In the midst of creating, a person is raised to another level of consciousness.

When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.

The strongest passion is fear.

None so nearly disposed to scoffing at religion as those who have accustomed themselves to swear on trifling occasions.

A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.

The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life.