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My buildings are like my children, so I cannot have favorites.

I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens.

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.

I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic buildings for their major public buildings.

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

In Germany I am not so famous.

My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.

I want to become more famous, even more famous.

I was famous from birth.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.