The more you dwell in the past, the less you prepare for the future.
"I don't let pressure get to me."
So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
The true beauty of architecture lies in its ability to touch the soul.
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.