There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.

The most important material in architecture is light.

Le Bonheur! Sa dent, douce à la mort, m'avertissait au chant du coq, — ad matutinum, au Christus venit, — dans les plus sombres villes.

The poet is a man who can make the impossible possible.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

The only learning which significantly influences behavior is self-discovered, self-appropriated learning.

每个艺术家都是他时代的孩子，但伟大的艺术家也是未来的父母。