Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.
St. Louis still is going to be a special place for me, whether I'm playing 3,000 miles away or 5,000 miles away.
There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got work because of Bilbao.
I am very different as a parent to new kids. My work changed from being rooted in the sky to being rooted in the earth.
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.
Appartenir à une patrie, c'est aussi s'engager pour le siècle où l'on y vit (source: émission sur la Russie sur Arte le 28/02/2012). Nos démocraties ne valent que par les hommes qui les servent. Elles ne sont donc jamais parfaites mais elles rep...
Ainsi dans le faste ostenstatoire d'une dernière cérémonie, le bourgeois, laissant à ses fils un héritage plus riche que celui qu'il a reçu de son père, quite ce monde où il a conu au moins deux grands sources de joie, la fortune et la vanit�...
Louis could never shake the suspicion that some people, whether consciously or not, called the storm to themselves.
Not many people do at the age of 21 or younger even, know how to act nor could be concerned with anything other than fighting, women and money.
At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music.
I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and to represent the city of Los Angeles and California.
When I see myself in the videogame it's amazing how realistic I look. This is the most authentic and realistic soccer game I have ever seen. It is like I'm looking in a mirror. The attention to detail is incredible.
I love surfing, rock climbing, cycling - all that stuff. But it's just amazing that I can inspire people with my running. It's humbling, really.
The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.
Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.
We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.
The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.
