The joy I felt at the prospect before me of being the instrument destined to take away from the world one of its greatest calamities, blended with the fond hope of enjoying independence and domestic peace and happiness, was often so excessive that, in pursuing my favourite subject among the meadows, I have sometimes found myself in a kind of reverie.
想到自己可能成为从世界上消除最大灾难之一的工具，同时怀有享受独立、家庭和平与幸福的希望，这种喜悦常常如此强烈，以至于在草地上研究我喜爱的课题时，我有时会陷入一种遐想。
Architecture is the art of reconciliation between ourselves and the world.
真正的奢华在于那些大多数人第一眼甚至注意不到的细节。
If you’re horrible to me, I’m going to write a song about it, and it won’t be a good one for you.