Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.

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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...

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 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,...

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...

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

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'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.

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...

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...

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.

The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only...

The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only...

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

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

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.

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 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,...

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,...

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.

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...

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...