"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

Writing is a way of reclaiming time.

Architecture is not an object, it’s a relationship.

The poet's duty is to illuminate the darkness.

"A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us."

My blindness has never been a limitation; it has taught me to see the world in a different way.

The beauty of mathematics is that it allows us to see the world in a way that is both precise and profound, revealing the underlying order that governs all things.