The best architecture comes from a synthesis of all the elements that separately comprise a building: the structure that holds it up; the services that allow it to function; its ecology; the quality of natural light; the symbolism of the form; the relationship of the building to the skyline and the surrounding public space.

天下人了解自己，那么就与天下人同甘苦共患难；天下人不了解自己，就巍然在天地之间而无所畏惧这是上等的勇敢。与孟子的“达则兼济天下，穷则独善其身”有异曲同工之妙，只要自己行得正，心中有善，或者要做的是超前的大事业，而别人不理解自己，有“燕雀安知鸿鹄之志”的无奈，也无需畏惧别人的眼光，坚守自我。

获取智慧是一种道德责任。这不是你为了生活的进步而做的事情......你不会因为你已经知道了什么而在生活中走得很远。离开这里之后，你要靠自己学到的东西来提升自己。

The documenta must always surprise, always provoke.

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.

我没法和懒人相处，我们讲的不是同一种语言，我不了解懒人，也不想去了解。

I don't do easy. I make things happen.

生命之援助，这就是教育。

个人必须从他的文化提供的材料中塑造自己。