"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."

I don’t create art for fame or money. I create it because I have to.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.

简单不是缺乏复杂，而是对复杂的解决。

Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?