Let the experience begin!

It needs a mix of populations. It’s got to be a mix of different age groups, economic groups and ethnic groups to really function.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

You’ve got to bumble forward into the unknown.

Jewelry is an art form, … In conceptualizing designs for Tiffany, I worked as I always do, sketching and creating models. Sculptors and painters have inspired me with their ability to make things with their...

[The design process is in limbo.] We have not had any contact at all, … I can see that it’s precarious.

One particular image of an Edwardian woman captured my imagination, … The movement of the dress as she promenaded along the seafront provided the inspiration for the historical references and sculptured forms in the design.

I think that there is a desire on the part of the city and county to do something special there.

We want that center, we yearn for it, we need it. It shouldn’t look like New York or Paris, it should look like us.

I hope that people will wander through it. It’s a spread-out downtown. It’s an L.A. downtown, it’s not a New York downtown.