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The term 'renaissance man' is always bandied about. I don't think that applies to me. You think about Leonardo da Vinci, and he was a painter and a physicist and an architect, and that is a true renaissance man.

The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.

It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man.

We are going to see a burst of creativity that will make the Renaissance pale in comparison.

In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition.

Art history looks at art works and the people who have created them.

Just as Renaissance artists provided narratives for the era they lived in, so do I. I'm always looking beyond the surface. I've done that ever since I first picked up a camera.

Put yourself in the position of an up-and-coming artist living in early-sixteenth-century Italy. Now imagine trying to distinguish yourself from the other artists living in your town: Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, or Titian. Is it any wonder that the Italian High Renaissance lasted only 30 years?

The history of art is the history of revivals.