Call Berlin. Drop everything we're doing. I have a complete vision of what should be.

I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious

Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine.

Be innovative. Don't listen to the tried and tested wisdom. Take a risk!

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily.

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.

What is a habit? It’s just a shackle for ourselves.

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

And, yes, I love the process of building.

The only limit to the realisation of our goals will be lack of enthusiasm.

I was wedded to all the stars of the sky.There was not a single star left, and I married every one of them with great spiritual pleasure. Then I married the moon.

Health and beauty is not just about what you apply. If you don't have it together on the inside, then nothing else is going to matter.

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

But I don't think I was ever destined to be a big star.

An anarchist does not want to rule others and does not want others to rule him. Nothing is so despicable as half-an-anarchist.

I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.

I never thought there might be one like you out there. Unaware, untrained. Unbelievable. You have no idea what you are, do you?” “Crazy?

Hardly anyone in the world is an American

Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of view, losing was something that happened to other people.