本来是贫穷的人家，却非要学人家富人的样子，吃好的、穿好的、用好的，这样的话，用不了多久，这个家就完了。

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

The general will is always right， but the judgment which guides it is not always enlightened.

一八一四年，俄、奥、普联军兵临巴黎城下，理工学校学生要求参战。面临灭顶之灾的拿破仑却说：“我不愿为取金蛋杀掉我的老母鸡！”后来，这句名言被刻在巴黎理工学校梯型大教室的天花板正中心，一直激励着该校师生奋发好学。

To create is to resist—to resist silence, to resist forgetting.