Time Is Just A Blur For Me.

The Fact Is I'm An Opportunist. I'll Take Materials Around Me, Materials On My Table, And Work With Them As I'm Searching For An Idea That Works.

Architecture Is A Small Piece Of This Human Equation, But For Those Of Us Who Practice It, We Believe In Its Potential To Make A Difference, To Enlighten And To Enrich The Human Experience, To Penetrate The Barriers Of Misunderstandin G And Provide A Beautiful Context For Life's Drama.

Some Cultures Tried To Stop People From Expressing Themselves. In Mao's China, For Example, The Communists Tried To Stop Individual Expression. For Them The Payoff Was A Society Of Equality. The Problem Of Course Is That It Didn't Work.

In Tokyo, London Or Los Angeles People Go Into Mcdonald's And The Restaurants Are Identical And People Are Comfortable. It's Unthreatening.

People Say, "this Is The World The Way It Is, And Don't Bother Me." Then When Somebody Does Something Different, Real Architecture, The Push-back Is Amazing. People Resist It. At First It's New And Scary.