If you write your signature and I write my signature
If you write your signature and I write my signature

they look different
they look different

So, my aesthetic is mine and yours is yours
So, my aesthetic is mine and yours is yours

So that I can't help it
So that I can't help it

The great works of architecture express feeling
The great works of architecture express feeling

When you visit and see them there's a transfer of feeling
When you visit and see them there's a transfer of feeling

from the artist, the architect
from the artist, the architect

over time through the ages to now
over time through the ages to now

It's hard to come to Paris and build a building for art
It's hard to come to Paris and build a building for art

and you're competing with so many great institutions so
and you're competing with so many great institutions so

I don't know, it's very exciting
I don't know, it's very exciting

Most people don't think of architecture as an art
Most people don't think of architecture as an art

and it gets blurred because architecture, as well as being an art
and it gets blurred because architecture, as well as being an art

is an act of social conscience
is an act of social conscience

because you're making buildings
because you're making buildings

for all kinds of people, that give them shelter,
for all kinds of people, that give them shelter,

make them feel loved and accepted
make them feel loved and accepted

I think that component of architecture sometimes
I think that component of architecture sometimes

doesn't go the extra notch to become the art of architecture
doesn't go the extra notch to become the art of architecture

After modernism, the return to historicism
After modernism, the return to historicism

was very disturbing to me, they called postmodernism
was very disturbing to me, they called postmodernism

And I don't know why I said this in a lecture, I said
And I don't know why I said this in a lecture, I said

"The Greek temples that you're emulating are anthropomorphic
"The Greek temples that you're emulating are anthropomorphic

Why don't you go back 300 million years
Why don't you go back 300 million years

before man to fish for your inspiration?
before man to fish for your inspiration?

If you got to go back, let's really go back"
If you got to go back, let's really go back"

And I don't know why I said it, it was intuitive, something
And I don't know why I said it, it was intuitive, something

But then I started thinking about it and I started drawing the fish
But then I started thinking about it and I started drawing the fish

and then I realized fish shapes express movement
and then I realized fish shapes express movement

It was a rich language, so
It was a rich language, so

I started to explore that idiom, that idea
I started to explore that idiom, that idea

It was like Pandora's box,
It was like Pandora's box,

I was into a new paradigm, a new playground
I was into a new paradigm, a new playground

So that's how I got to this freedom of expression
So that's how I got to this freedom of expression

Making art is an act of love and making love to the world
Making art is an act of love and making love to the world

I study art a lot, lot ,lot, lot
I study art a lot, lot ,lot, lot

Most of my life, my friends are artists
Most of my life, my friends are artists

A few architects, but mostly artists
A few architects, but mostly artists

How do you create feeling with a building?
How do you create feeling with a building?

I don't know, it's something I've explored for many years
I don't know, it's something I've explored for many years

I love sailing, and this is kind of a regatta I think
I love sailing, and this is kind of a regatta I think

Most buildings are very static
Most buildings are very static

but I like the idea of the movement, of the sense of movement, that it has
but I like the idea of the movement, of the sense of movement, that it has

There's a transfer of this feeling through the bricks and mortar and steel
There's a transfer of this feeling through the bricks and mortar and steel

that's kind of amazing
that's kind of amazing

It makes me want to do more
It makes me want to do more