I am a strong believer that as one moves toward the future, the strongest and clearest way to do it is if you have a good sense of your past. You cannot have a very tall tree without deep roots.

I always look forward to the next project. That is one of the wonderful things about architecture - you always can hope for another project to design.

Construction is a matter of optimism; its a matter of facing the future with confidence.

I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens.

When I started designing in school, I discovered that I had a knack for it. I fell completely in love with architecture, and I remain in love with it.

The World Trade Center was for me not only out of scale vertically, but it was also out of scale in plan. It occupied several blocks that were all massed together.

One of America's strengths has always been its openness to the new: both new ideas and new people.

When I finished high school, I was 16, and in Argentina you have to choose a career right after high school. There is no such thing as a liberal arts education.

My buildings are like my children, so I cannot have favorites.

There may be some changes in building codes, but I don't see any stylistic departure that you'll be able to attribute to Sept. 11.

it isn't that we're alone or not alonewhose voice do you want mine? yours?

No one should be forced to carry the unfulfilled self of another.

There is too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair.

I would urge all bands that say they only care about credibility and don't care about money to send Gene Simmons every dollar that they don't want. I'd be happy to take it off them.

It is wonderful to see persons of sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards.

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

I don't think science is totally true, because I've seen miracles happen through prayer.

That was the beauty in stacking up words--they got cheaper, the more you had of them.

Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.