To Fly, We Have To Have Resistance.

I Can't Shout Out, "do This." I Don't Want To Be Prescriptive. I Want To Give You Facts, And That's The Way I've Always Operated, Whether It's A Historical Fact Or A Scientific Fact, And Then You Actually Have To Connect It In Your Brain.

I Deliberately Did Not Read Anything About The Vietnam War Because I Felt The Politics Of The War Eclipsed What Happened To The Veterans. The Politics Were Irrelevant To What This Memorial Was.

I Probably Spent The First 20 Years Of My Life Wanting To Be As American As Possible. Through My 20s, And Into My 30s, I Began To Become Aware Of How So Much Of My Art And Architecture Has A Decidedly Eastern Character.

Math, It's A Puzzle To Me. I Love Figuring Out Puzzles.

You Really Can't Function As A Celebrity. Entertainers Are Celebrities. I'm An Architect. I'm An Artist. I Make Things.