文学的美在于它能够使不可见的东西变得可见，为无声者发声，并照亮人类灵魂最黑暗的角落。

数学的本质在于它能够揭示宇宙中隐藏的模式和结构。

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

建筑必须植根于过去，但面向未来。