We have to base architecture on the environment.

I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality.

I would like to use architecture to create bonds between people who live in cities, and even use it to recover the communities that used to exist in every single city.

Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.

Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.

I will never fix my architectural style and never be satisfied with my works.

The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.

Unknowingly, he prepared me to survive the rest of my days with the way he shielded himself from emotional vulnerabilities that slowly destroy the rest of us.

I only have one prejudice, and that is against those who are prejudiced.

Everyone has the impulse to be elite.

A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil.

Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have a great oboe player, because we work in tandem.

To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.

In the '60s and '70s, people didn't pay a lot of attention to gangs. I think gangs still existed, but gangs had fallen out of criminological favor.

Disasters have no mercy hours where they stop visiting the people; for them, all hours are favourite and legitimate to visit!

Being a defense hawk and a budget hawk are not mutually exclusive.

Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance not being fully recognized for some time.