“Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essen...” — Thom Mayne Quote

“Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I do.”

“I think my clients would tell you I'm a problem solver. I'm not there to agree with people. I'm there to articulate a point of view. Am I insistent and tenacious? Absolutely. I could not get this work done if I was not.”

“So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.”

“In general, Tor architecture is not suited for protecting anonymity of long-term, popular web services.”

“I love architecture, I love buildings, I love history, buildings that have got a story to tell, and we can save the building along the way by turning it into a house. For me, as an architect, there's nothing better than that.”

“When I was studying architecture in the 1970s, it was intellectually bankrupt.”