I've never left China. My family's been there for 600 years. But my architecture is not consciously Chinese in any sense. I'm a western architect.

Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

Success is a collection of problems solved.

Life is architecture and architecture is the mirror of life.

It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work in the abstract

Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones.

I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value.

Design is something you have to put your hand to.

Great artists need great clients.

Let's do it right. This is for the ages.

Real geniuses would like that what we think of ourselves is true.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

People who have come from nothing and started their own business or opened up a whole new niche in a particular industry, they truly inspire me.

Discoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations among causes.

I believe our country is strong enough to be criticized.

If you are sufficient for your task, it's too small.

In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.

My religion is, to live through Love.

I just have a sense that Obama's not going to ultimately succeed in totally transforming America into something other than how it was founded.

There is no greater mercy than to remind and inspire people to study the fear of God.