Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.
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Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication.
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Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.
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I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character.
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My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.
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