Architects are optimists. One has to believe that the future can be better in order to design for it. Architects tend to welcome ambiguity - and look for opportunities to establish order to our experiences in the world. Architects, by their nature and training, enjoy the difficulty of reconciling and giving form to conflicting needs, desires, forces and dreams. Making architecture is stretching for the sky while being firmly planted in the ground.
Architecture is learned by making things and reflecting on what has been made.
It is necessary to do both with commitment and intelligence. It is hard work. It's a form of life.