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I approach each project with a clean slate, trying to reinvent what architecture can be.
I was a truck driver in LA, going to City College, and I tried to sign up for a class in ceramics, but it was full. So I signed up for architecture. It was an accident.
I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.
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.
Every space has its own voice; our task is to listen.
Every building is a kind of manifesto, a statement about how we should live.
Architecture is the art of reconciliation between ourselves and the world, and this mediation takes place through the senses.
Architecture is always political, because it is about how we live together.
I believe that architecture is a social art.
The true architecture of our time will be one that reflects our spiritual needs.
Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.
I have never been interested in the social aspects of architecture.
I am not a functionalist.
I am a believer in the power of architecture to shape society.
The only thing that bothers me about my buildings is that they are not good enough.
I am a formalist.
I like to think of myself as a stylist.