There are places that are so designed they're unlivable.

Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.

Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes.

People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.

Your best work is your expression of yourself.

In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

You can look anywhere and find inspiration.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

Unless and until we change, we cannot grow. What’s life without growth?

A baby is a beautiful, blooming, flower that can smile, sing, and dance.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

When a song comes to you, you can't run around it.

When John Murtha, for example, said the Marines are killing innocent civilians in cold blood.

You have to constantly be doing something and not just wait for someone to call you with an opportunity, you have to develop your own projects.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

I loved my mother and father.

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.

All I know is I've tried my best.