In The Renaissance There Wasn't A Distinction.

When I Was A Kid, My Father Didn't Really Have Much Hope For Me. He Thought I Was A Dreamer; He Didn't Think I Would Amount To Anything. My Mother Also.

Erich Mendelsohn's Drawings Are Expressive And Beautiful. If He'd Had The Computers We Have Now, Everything I've Done He Would Have Done Before Me. I Would Have Had To Figure Out Something Else.

Architecture And Any Art Can Transform A Person, Even Save Someone. It Can For Children - For Anyone. It Still Does For Me.

There Is Stuff I Would Have Liked To Have Done. But There Are No Sour Grapes.

If You're Serious About Being An Architect, You've Got To Learn How To Take Responsibility. It's Not Fluff. You Have To Do Every Detail On Every Bloody Piece Of The Building. You Have To Know How The Engineering Works. You Have To Know How The Fittings Go Together. You Have To Master The Mechanical, Electrical, Acoustical - Everything.