Descriptions Of My Work Depress Me. They

I'm Often Called An Old-fashioned Modernist. But The Modernists Had The Absurd Idea That Architecture Could Heal The World. That's Impossible. And Today Nobody Expects Architects To Have These Grand Visions Any More.

I've Learned That In Order To Achieve What I Wanted, It Made More Sense To Negotiate Than To Defend The Autonomy Of My Work By Pounding My Fist On The Table.

So I Am Totally Aware That When I Defend The Autonomy Of Art I'm Going Counter To My Own Development. It's More An Instinctive Reaction, Meant To Protect The Private Aspect Of The Work, The Part I Am Most Interested In And Which Nowadays Is At Risk In Our Culture.

Architecture Is A Discipline That Takes Time And Patience. If One Spends Enough Years Writing Complex Novels One Might Be Able, Someday, To Construct A Respectable Haiku.

We Only Exist In Terms Of How We Think We Exist. Meaning Every Cultural Development Is Fabricated And Can Be Fabricated.