At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.
I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves.
I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.
I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.