The Irish Times

Daniel Libeskind talks fast, and these days he needs to. Showered with commissions on foot of his sensational Jewish Museum in Berlin, he is in the air 200 days a year, travelling between cities and projects, armed with a "pile of books" and a sketchpad. To him, planes offer a monastic environment in the sky. "You're above the world, above the clouds, and it's fantastic. Take-off is the moment of truth, with the single text 'Fasten Your Seatbelts' as a sort of metaphor for humanity, of the dangers we all face," he says.