“For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new i...” — Frank Gehry Quote

For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.

One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place, and it works over the generations because people go on vacation and they look for it.

I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.

My father probably - he had flashes of creativity - he used to do store windows for fruit stores that he worked in and stuff.

I have translated Bengali poets such as Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Sunil Gangopadhyay before. These were published by Hindi and Urdu magazines. But to take on Tagore's work is no easy task.

I'm the daughter of refugees. The immigrant mentality is to work hard, be brave, and never give up in your pursuit of achieving the American dream.

Every day, just enjoy it. It goes by so fast. But put the work in and you'll be rewarded.

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.