我不考虑成为最好的。我考虑比昨天更好。
I don't think about being the best. I think about being better than yesterday.
We must resist the temptation to make African art merely illustrative of theory.
解读：阐明法律本质意图，不是为惩处而惩处，而是借惩戒违法者，保障广大公民生命、财产等权益，回归法律守护正义初衷。
We believe in architecture that is rooted in its place, connected to the landscape and the people who inhabit it.
出自《道德经》，耳根在作品中多次引用
译文：下雪时送木炭的君子很少，在彩色锦缎绣花的小人很多。赏析：在我们遇到困难时伸出援手的人不多，更多的人因为利益而去巴结我们。人情淡薄，越是需要帮助的越没人帮助，越是得势富足的越有人去巴结。
Stories are the way we make sense of the world, but they are also the way we deceive ourselves.
我们有时候专注于消失中的机会太久，以致于太晚发现开启的机会。