建筑必须在实用与诗意之间斡旋。
Architecture must negotiate between the pragmatic and the poetic.
The power of abstraction is that it allows us to ignore irrelevant details and focus on the essential aspects of a problem.
A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
文学的力量在于它能够揭示人性的深处。