I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could.

In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.

We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.

I want to do very useful buildings and I would like to find a method of producing these buildings through our technology because I think that this is the only way that we will gain wonderful environment easily in the future.

If you look at the buildings, you'll find that one part looks as if it was designed by one man, and you go around and look at another facade and it looks as if it was designed by another man, you see.

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.

Because, if we understand how a building is to be produced and we find a way that it can be more simply produced, then obviously we are contributing to building better buildings more easily.

If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.

And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously.

And exciting buildings are fine periodically.

So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.

In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of my ears in a sense.

The view outside was much more important than the exhibits.

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.

If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.

Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway.

I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could.

And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then just not think of it anymore because it's there like a piece of furniture.

I feel this is very important for us to have serene buildings because our civilization is chaotic as it is, you see; our whole machine age has brought about a chaos that has to be somehow counterbalanced, I think.

The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.

Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job.

Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.

But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.

We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings dont go anywhere. They shouldnt be restless.

I'm more of a Smithwick's or Bulmer's girl than a pint of Guinness.

It's wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don't like the idea of the artwork as something that requires special conditions. I would like it to be universal.

I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that.

It quite often happens that they attach a name to a project and it doesn't get all the financing it needs.

I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as a comedian, you're always risking a lot. You're risking failure, especially if you're improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business.

Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.

The Godrej group is expanding rapidly. However, we are not diversifying much.

If you're worried about the deficit, pay attention to the fact that it's almost all attributable to military spending and the totally dysfunctional health program.

I think Im afraid to be happy because whenever I get too happy something bad always happens.

Saudi Arabia makes a billion dollars a day, okay? They make a billion dollars a day.

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels.

You want failures to be small and informational. Silicon Valley does very well. It knows how to use failure as a tool for improvement.

I don't storyboard, and I don't really shot list. I let the shots be determined by how the actors and I figure out the blocking in a scene, and then from there, we cover it.

I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me.

Procrastination only adds stress to your life.

Humans are very aggressive and scrappy, and go to war at the drop of a hat. However, a standard land war is no longer going to work as it is no longer technically possible.

I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.

The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.

Its Christmas Eve Its the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer we smile a little easier we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year we are the people that we always hoped we would be.

Only the pun remains. The pun, beloved of Shakespeare, children and tabloid headline-writers, is normally eschewed in the modern, sophisticated circles in which I move.