Michael Arad

“You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.”

“It sounds really over the top to say you're responsible for the city of New York, but I do feel responsibility to the city of New York, to this country, to people everywhere. So many people were affected by the events of September 11, and I feel this is one of the ways that that event will be understood and defined.”

“I had a dual role: designer and advocate.”