The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

建筑是一门视觉艺术，建筑物会自己说话。

我就在繁星中的一颗上生活。我会站在其中的一颗星星上微笑。当你在夜间仰望天际时，就仿佛每一颗星星都在笑……你——只有你——才能拥有会笑的星星。

The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

每一笔巨大的财富背后都隐藏着罪行。