"I think it is in the nature of poetry to be open to the world, to be open to experience, to be open to the other."

The poet is the mirror of the world’s sorrow.

"The learn-it-all does better than the know-it-all."

I think the best architecture comes from a synthesis of all the elements that separately comprise a building: the structure that holds it up; the services that allow it to function; its ecology; the quality of natural light; the symbolism of the form; the relationship of the building to the skyline or the streetscape; and, perhaps most importantly, the client's vision and the user's needs.