The best architecture comes from a careful understanding of context.
最好的建筑来自于对环境的仔细理解。
Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.
The true writer is one who writes because he has something to say, not because he wants to say something.
The context is so important. The context is not just the physical context, but also the historical and cultural context.
领导这件事是一个敏感的话题。很多领导者失败，因为他们没有足够的勇气去打破现状、振奋人心。在我的生涯中，我从没有这种担忧。
Rebuilding my career at fifty wasn’t easy—but nothing worthwhile ever is.
数学家是能在定理之间找到类比的人；更好的数学家是能在证明之间看到类比的人；而最好的数学家是能注意到理论之间类比的人。
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
小说是最能表达人类复杂性的体裁。