“There's no point in us designing synthetic laboratories that could jus...” — Mario Botta Quote

There's no point in us designing synthetic laboratories that could just as well be in Dusseldorf or Helsinki. San Francisco has its light, which must be used.

To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses.

A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art.

I want to modernize the ancient. I prefer to work with materials formed naturally over thousands of years.

Artificial light is used because you can control it better. Technically, it is more homogeneous, more delicate, and less damaging to artwork. But I think it's interesting when the visitor can see variations in the light, when it is not only technical or suitable.

I say I design music. I can imagine it and sort of picture it. I think about all of the things I do in the world and say that I'm designing it because it takes the same skill set.

Designing came to me. I didn't have to move.

I think the hardest thing is to design for plus-size women. I enjoyed designing for straight-size because there's no limits. They can basically wear anything, and that's where I was able to have creative freedom with it.

Language for me narrates the pictures in my mind. When I work on designing livestock equipment I can test run that equipment in my head like 3-D virtual reality. In fact, when I was in college I used to think that everybody was able to do that.