I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline.

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.

People are the most difficult thing in the world to change

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.

Everybody wants my support. You know why? Cause I had more than 14 million people that voted for me. And nobody gives us credit.

I don't want to spend my life explaining myself. You either get it, or you don't.

I want to be a good human being.

I was a drummer, and I did a little singing too.

Bernard Herrmann was a genius, a great, great composer.

Love the fun of clothes, not the status of fashion.