"The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art."

"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."

"But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour."

"So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position."

"Policymakers have to make judgments based on the best intelligence they get."

"We are building the infrastructure for the next generation of human progress."

"True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself."

"Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it."