Nature is to be followed, but only when it is refined by art.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

I don’t compete with others, I compete with myself.

The most interesting art is the art that makes you think.

建筑应该让人觉得必然如此，仿佛它不可能是别的样子。

A writer is selected by his subject—his subject being the consciousness of his own era.

关于我，你必须要知道的是我非常直接。我从来不怕把我对某人最真实的想法全部说出来