The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.

I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible

We borrow from nature the space upon which we build.

If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.

My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.

It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.

As long as you have an objective in your mind you are young.

Awareness is the enemy of sanity, for once you hear the screaming, it never stops.

This year my goal will be to learn new vocabulary in English and to read as much as possible books.

May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.

A safety net of small white lies can be the bedrock of a successful marriage. You wouldn't believe how cheaply I can do a kitchen renovation.

The digital formats keep changing so rapidly. I feel like so many people are shooting digital but the quality is being lost. There's a texture and a richness to the 35 format that's incomparable.

Primates are very territorial. It is in their nature to protect their food resources as well as their females and young.

My former people were not totally wrong. Love is a kind of possession. It’s a poison. And if Alex no longer loves me, I can’t bear to think that he might love somebody else.

At least they [people] showed the world we could elect a black president.

I guess the glass ceiling is in the West. For us, it's the glass wall.

Suffering so unbolts the door of the heart, that the Word hath easier entrance.