Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious.

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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...

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.

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.

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of...

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

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 studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else,...

I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else,...

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know,...

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know,...