"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
The most important thing in architecture is the idea.
"I want to capture on the page not just the facts, but the soul of the people."
Be frugal in all things, except in your passions splurge.
The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.