We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.

A picture must be grasped at once, as a whole, like a piece of music.

Architecture is not about style, it is about substance.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

当你排除了所有不可能的情况，剩下的，不管多么难以置信，都一定是真相。

The proper function of man is to live，not to exist.

任何重复性活动（如惩罚犯罪或葬礼仪式）的功能，在于它在整体社会生活中扮演的角色，从而对维持结构连续性所做的贡献。