Architecture is the art of reconciliation between ourselves and the world.

To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want.That world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of people.

So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.

I made you a great big chocolate sundae for dessert. But I had to eat it myself because I just heard on the radio that ice cream isn't good for dogs.“Disappointment isn't good for dogs either...