我总是很高兴地想到，我的教育大部分是非正式的，并且根植于土壤之中。
I am always glad to think that my education was, for the most part, informal, and had its roots in the soil.
中东不只是一个地理概念，它是历史躯体上一道不断流出故事的开放性伤口。
写作是探索我们内心未知的一种方式。
As in geometry the most natural way of beginning is from a mathematical point, so is the same method in observations and natural history the most genuine, simple, and instructive.
我喜欢把建筑想象成生活的框架。
艺术有能力让熟悉的事物变得陌生，让陌生的事物变得熟悉。