The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any society, because it seeks to turn other ideas — uncertainty, progress, change — into crimes.

最好的小说是关于我们最害怕的事情。

Architecture is about understanding the world and transforming it.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

"The present is a fragile bridge between the past and the future, and we are all just trying to cross it without falling."

建筑是我们与世界和解的艺术，这种和解通过感官发生。