For me the meaning of my work is much more fluid.

Architecture is a discipline that takes time and patience. If one spends enough years writing complex novels one might be able, someday, to construct a respectable haiku.

My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.

Architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.

I'm interested in conflict and confrontation.

You can't make anything authentic by asking people what they want because they don't know what they want. That's what they're looking at you for.

We only exist in terms of how we think we exist. Meaning every cultural development is fabricated and can be fabricated.

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

The multiplicity of ideas is what Im interested in.

I've been such an outsider my whole life.

It is dangerous to become attached to a du Lac. He will break your heart, and you will not recover.

Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit.

I'm very careful with my emotions, and I don't let them run free. If I'm upset, it's usually for a very good, very deep reason.

People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.

The Light of Christ illumines all.

It's nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that.

Psychological breakdowns are actually breakthroughs to enlightenment.

For life to be meaningful, you must have a challenge.

My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.

No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.