I’m not a pessimist. I’m an optimist who’s been through a lot.

There are other reasons --There are other reasons why it's perhaps harder now to feel calm than ever before. One of these, and it's paradoxical, because it's linked to something that's rather nice, is the hope we all have for our careers. Never before have expectations been so high about what human beings can achieve with their life span.

I think it's important to be able to take yourself lightly.

The most important thing is the space, the light and the structure. That's what makes the architecture.

建筑的实质不是它的形象，而是它内部的空间。

You can't think your way through life. You have to live your way through it.

A poet is a little god.