He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.

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.

——《建国方略·孙文学说》（1917—1919年）

诗人的灵魂就像一面镜子，映照出世界的美。

The best architecture comes from the synthesis of all the forces that are acting upon it.

艺术家是一个容器，容纳来自四面八方的情感：来自天空，来自大地，来自一张纸片，来自一个经过的形状，来自蜘蛛网。