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.

Young people have the advantage because they have their whole lives open to be astonished.

If you want to see and feel magic first hand, read a book to your kid before bedtime. —Richard Due

In the darkness time, let your passion and spirit lead you to make a better decision.

Drug abuse is a medical disease that requires medical professionals.

My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds - what is important to me is the experience of making. I leave all my work outside and often return to watch it decay.

I make such a good statistic, somebody should study me now; somebody's gotta be interested in how I feel, just cause I'm here, and I'm real.

Every person exceeds our power of measurement.

Everybody's a complex person. Everybody. Everybody's nuanced.

All this talk about inspiration and moment is nonsense.

Love all, serve all, feed all.

I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.