Lebbeus Woods will always inspire the deep(er) thinkers who have a talent for giving artistic form to abstract ideas. Highly articulate without veering off into esoteric design mumbo-jumbo. His formative years (observing his father's engineering work) were very influential in shaping his broad and unique perspectives.
I am certain that on his most trying-of-days that his mind would be sharper than yours if you were on the podium ready to deliver a Nobel Prize lecture.