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
I built a series of supporters that had my back. I never abused that trust. You cant cry wolf. You have to solve most problems yourself. – Michael Arad
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 decided to go to school for advertising and graphic design. That was what I was gonna do but acting is that thing, its like a splinter in your mind and you cant get rid of it. So I decided to move to L.A. a few years ago and it just snowballed into this thing called The Hunger Games. – Dayo Okeniyi