John portman

Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.

Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.

Architecture is not a private affair; even a house must serve a whole family and its friends, and most buildings are used by everybody, people of all walks of life. If a building is to meet the needs of all the people, the architect must look for some common ground of understanding and experience.

It's a big job. The Office of Management and Budget touches every spending and policy decision in the federal government.

Among the main reasons I ran for Congress back in 1993 was to cut the federal deficit and make government work better and be more responsive to the taxpayers.