Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

My mom makes something called green pie, which I thought was a delicacy that many people only had at Thanksgiving, but it turns out it was just Jell-O with whipped cream on it. And it's delicious.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

Architecture is inhabited sculpture.

It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.

Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver.

No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food.

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment.

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.

I don't know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.