My mother wanted to be president of the United States. She wanted to be the first woman president. She was born in 1924. Instead she had eight children.

I really believed all this stuff - that I had to change the world.

I always had an interest in space and the effect it had on you.

This generation I'm a member of, we're sort of infected by this idea that you had to make the world a better place.

The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment.

My younger brother is an architect, my son and his wife are both architects, they work for me, and so I guess I've started a dynasty.

I decided I wanted to do something that was worthwhile and thought I would try architecture. There was not an architect in my family.

Architects need to restore and protect.

If you are not living in active consciousness, you will always be lost

The sacred souls dream sacred dreams.

I like reading. I just hate school.

We are powerful because we have survived

Im about as straight an arrow as youll find out there.

There’s no easier way to cure foolishness than to give a man leave to be foolish. And the only way to show a fellow that he’s chosen the wrong business is to let him try it.

They might have been all-right people doing the best they could, but I got to tell you, you got a dead cat lying in your yard you ought to bury it. That’s my motto.

Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you don’t end up being someone you don’t want to be.

Success means controlling your own time. Time is the most important currency, but once you spend it, man, its gone.

Having all eyes on me at all times is hard to deal with, but it's great. It feels like you've already accomplished something. It's already predetermined that you're going to do well.