Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the first to say, 'That was wrong! They didn't get that right!' They're storytellers themselves. They're critics. They're going to have the critical opinion.

