“Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, ...” — P. J. O'Rourke Quote

“Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded. The cities bear a resemblance in size, site, climate, and architecture, which ranges from the bland to the fancifully bland.”

“I had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of the strictures of Ramadan.”

“We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.”

“The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.”

“I went to school for engineering, I studied jazz. So I always had this kind of creative side and technical side, and I thought architecture might be the way to combine them, so I went to architecture school in New York.”

“Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.”