"The true measure of a society’s progress is how it treats its most vulnerable members."

The architect must be a poet, but a poet who builds.

"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?"

"Jeder Mensch hat seine eigene Geschichte, und jede Geschichte ist es wert, erzählt zu werden."

艺术并非模仿生活，而是生活在模仿艺术。