For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design. – Michael Arad

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative? – Michael Arad

I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an ism kind of bothers me. – Michael Arad