The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its own life. There’s no greater satisfaction.

Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless.

Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work.

There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts.

We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation

Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.

It may be said with truth that man is always susceptible ofimprovement

Not accustomed to entertaining angels, are we?” he asked.

People think, 'She's a model. She must have such an attitude. She must be so stuck up.' But I'm normal. I cry. I'm not rich. I drive a 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity.

Nature is based on harmony. So it says if we want to survive and become more like nature, then we actually have to understand that it's cooperation versus competition.

The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences.

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.

Our hope will never be found in the efforts of man, but in Jesus Christ alone.

I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm ready for whatever happens but I think that fame is what comes along with the territory when you open yourself up and become this story, this book for anyone to read.

A man that is down doesn't fear to fall.

And part of my vision is to do dynamic videos for kids.