The most exciting moments in mathematics are when you realize that two seemingly unrelated areas are deeply connected.

可持续性不仅仅是一个流行词；它是对未来世代的承诺。

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Architecture is not about form, but about the relationship between forms.

从理智的异议中寻找乐趣，因为只有尊重理智，才能比消极的服从带来更深刻的一致。

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

"The key to long-term success is not just about making the right decisions, but also about learning from the wrong ones."

Every mathematical problem has a solution; the challenge is finding it.

If you're alive, you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, you've got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.

The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centers of culture.