在拉丁美洲，现实总是超越虚构，但我们的责任是努力接近它。

我对那些人们认为不能用于永久结构的脆弱材料感兴趣。

The best buildings are those that invite participation.

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

每一次科学发现都是对自然界的一次新的对话，它让我们更接近宇宙的奥秘。

译文：做将帅的切勿骄傲自大，如果骄傲自大，待人接物就会有不周道的地方，有失礼之处，一朝失礼就会众叛亲离，人心愤懑相怨。