建筑不是关于风格，而是关于实质。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

The most important thing in art is the human condition.

通过认识到那些引起焦虑的事物并不重要可以缓解大部分忧虑。

国君自以为神圣聪明,而不去咨询官吏,自以为国家安定强大,而不注重防守,周围的邻国图谋侵略他却不知道戒备。

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

"The power of a story is that it can change how we see ourselves and others."

拍卖设计既关乎心理学，也关乎数学。

The historian must have a kind of faith that humanity will not and cannot perish.