I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profundity of it means to all of us.

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Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine...

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine...

We will work with everybody for the good of New York.

We will work with everybody for the good of New York.

The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding.

The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding.

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get...

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get...

Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back...

Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back...

There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with...

There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with...

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics,...

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics,...

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.

It's a project that touched me as an immigrant and as a New Yorker.

It's a project that touched me as an immigrant and as a New Yorker.

And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of...

And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of...

And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city.

And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city.

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as...

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as...

There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's...

There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's...

It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is...

It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is...

And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just...

And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just...

Well, I think one doesn't really have to invent this memorial space, because it is...

Well, I think one doesn't really have to invent this memorial space, because it is...

Well, I didn't want to have the reminder sort of in the sky, so that...

Well, I didn't want to have the reminder sort of in the sky, so that...

I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline.

I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline.