Architects feel empowered to give opinions about politics and sociology and philosophy without knowing much about it. Kind of in the same way that they think they can design furniture or fashion or utensils for dining.

I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.

Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.

In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it.

Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.

I'm always drooling over great design, from fashion to furniture.