My Dad Was Dean Of Fine Arts

Sometimes I Think Creativity Is Magic; It's Not A Matter Of Finding An Idea, But Allowing The Idea To Find You.

When I Was Very Little, We Would Get Letters From China, In Chinese, And They' Be Censored. We Were A Very Insular Little Family.

I Started Studying What The Nature Of A Monument Is And What A Monument Should Be. And For The World War Iii Memorial I Designed A Futile, Almost Terrifying Passage That Ends Nowhere.

Our Lives Are Given Meaning By Our Actions-accomplishments Made While We Are "here" That Extend Beyond Our Own Time.

I Always Give The Analogy Of The Earth At Night Picture, Of 7.3 Billion Of Us, Right? And Everyone Says, "well, That's Population." Well, If You Took The Entire World's Population And You Lived At The Density Of Manhattan Proper - Not A Bad Place To Live - How Much Space Do 7.3 Billion People Take Up? The State Of Colorado. At Which Point I End My Lectures, Because I Want You To Be Thinking ... Is This Really A Question Of Population, Or Is This A Question Of Land Use And Resource Consumption? And Let's Face It, The Top 1.3 Billion Of Us Are Doing All The Damage. Sorry.