Architect Quotes

The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.
The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.
The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.
The role of art in society differs for every artist.
To fly we have to have resistance.
To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.
Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.
We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.
When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business.
When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family.
You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.
You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art.
You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.
You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.
For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.
How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?
I built a series of supporters that had my back. I never abused that trust. You can't cry wolf. You have to solve most problems yourself.
I had a dual role: designer and advocate.
I have no choice but to fight them every step of the way. I can't tell you how many other stupid ideas have been proposed over the last two years.
I hope for the experience of people standing together, turning their backs to the city and facing this, and hearing the leaves rustle. Well, maybe it won't be as bucolic as at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but I know you will feel removed from the city.
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