The city is the ultimate client, the ultimate context for any architectural work.

Always design with the end user in mind; functionality should never be sacrificed for aesthetics.

要理解疯狂，必须先说它的语言。

译文：老农种地虽不直接参与国政，但其勤惰关系国家兴衰。提醒统治者重视民生根本。

The best solutions are often the simplest ones.

【释义】贪图安逸享乐的人，必然会面临危险；只看重眼前利益的人，必定会有眼前的烦恼。

"You have to work hard to get to the top, but you have to work even harder to stay there."

我每天都在与恐惧和焦虑作战，艺术是我的武器。

The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most fundamentally human part of the soul.