I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.
Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future.
Call Berlin. Drop everything we're doing. I have a complete vision of what should be.
There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with trees, with planting. It can become a very beautiful place protected from the streets, because it is below. And it can be something very moving and very private.
When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily.
And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city
I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline.
The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding.
You cannot suddenly make Lower Manhattan into a sad place because we saw such a dramatic loss of life. You have to balance the memory, which is so important, and use it as a kind of Archimedean Point to create a lively, incredibly interesting, and culturally significant piece of a city and neighborhood.
And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole.
Well, I think one doesn't really have to invent this memorial space, because it is already there. And it is speaking with a voice and, you know, 4 million of us came to see the site.
Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back our fees. We want to get paid. And that's it. It'll get solved and we'll carry on with planning Ground Zero.
There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here.
