When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.

A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

I hate couples sitting together for hours and waiting for each other to kiss.

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give your best, and getting everyone else's best out of them.

A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.

I think if you get asked to do this, then that's called doing your homework, and I try and do it.

We're kind of an international phenomenon.

The whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of death.

For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do.

We want to make sure people know deeply about the trans community and deeply about Black Lives Matter so that people can act in solidarity.