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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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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already...

We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already...

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...

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...

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 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 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,...