I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.

You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me.

I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

A person can be successful in any sphere that God has called him to

When perception, thoughtfulness and understanding do meet, we can fashion a range of viable expectations and craft a world of togetherness. ("Morning after")

Who would seriously want to listen to anything emanating from a quasi-chimpanzee's irrational bundle of mental accidents and energies?

The more we give away, the richer we become.

I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me.

Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress.

I think those of us who use language are always trying for this, trying to keep everything from floating away by trying to write about it despite failure.

If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.

The more we can grow on already cultivated land, the better.

There was a time when I experienced architecture without thinking about it.