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But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic.

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.

Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic.

I've been to some of the most amazing cities in the world.

One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.

Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.