I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there.

I think greed is a critical problem - the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent.

Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.

Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.

I think we live in delusional times, whether it's with a great ability to totally distract ourselves with technology, or with speed and the velocity of life.

With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online.

My hope and my intention was that people would experience the tragedy of what Chernobyl was in every regard: a scientific tragedy, a political tragedy, an emotional and personal tragedy, all of that.

Companies are hiring cosplayers to be promotional spokes models for them. There are cosplayers trying to develop a cult following even though they've only been cosplaying for less than a year or two. It's all about the social media or Facebook likes.