The world is not run from where he thinks. Not from castle walls, but from countinghouses, not by the call of the bugle but by the click of the abacus, not by the grate and click of the broadsword but by the scrape of the pen.

——一九二八年四月十三日斯大林在联共(布)莫斯科组织的积极分子会议上所作的报告《关于中央委员会和中央监察委员会四月联席全会的工作》

将建筑转变为艺术的想法是一种误解。

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.