Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again.
I think that capitalism has just gone too far. And it is actually not limited to the United States. The excesses of capitalism is making us suffer all over the world right now.
I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind
You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see.
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.
My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.
You have to have hope. It's irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think it's irresponsible to simply be a nihilist, which quite a lot of playwrights, especially playwrights younger than me, have become guilty of.
Without a song, each day would be a century.
I am privileged to be able to work for the people of Hawaii in whatever capacity.
My favorite charity is the Womens Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.