Later works are better because it takes a lot of time in architecture to mature. And, it takes a lot of discipline to experience everything that is changing around you.

I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art.

There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique.

The most touching thing that anyone can say to me is that I have done something beautiful for the community.

I am always searching for more light and space.

You start a project as a young person and then at the end you are another person. You are ready to go for your pension.

The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer. And, as a composer, the architect brings a sense of creativity to each building.

It's very atmospheric. It's not a building that is a severe statement in the skyline. We need the height; otherwise, the building almost disappears because it is so slender.

As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life.

The architect needs to learn to see, and to open his eyes because there is always a lesson to learn from the streets.

The way is not always easy, but in order to bring a work through to completion, you will need a strong character, a broad foundation of knowledge and an enormous force of persuasion.

The world is like a mirror frown at it and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles too.

Don't mistake the Russia you want to exist for the Russia that there actually is. Be realistic.

Live as a man. Die as a man. Become a man.

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.

Israel is the American watchdog in the Middle East, and that's why the Palestinians remain victims of one of the longest military occupations.

Exercise is an absolute must. Period. That doesn't mean I'm a gym junkie - it just means that I have to get a few days doing something physical a week, even just for my mental sanity.

The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted.

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another.

I find coming up with a title the hardest part of writing a novel.