忠于自己，永远不要让别人说的话分散你对目标的注意力。
The properties of the whole are not deducible from the properties of the parts.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
I think 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 or the streetscape; and, perhaps most importantly, the client's vision and the user's needs.