I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.

我不相信写作障碍，我只相信写作懒惰。

You have to be willing to fail to succeed.

最好的艺术来自痛苦。

好的设计是隐形的；只有当它不好时你才会注意到。

在个体中，疯狂是罕见的；但在团体、党派、国家和时代中，它却是常规。

金钱是非常不可思议的东西。它和爱一样，是人类喜悦的最大来源。但是它也和死一样，是人类忧烦的最大来源。

我们应该忘记小的效率，大约97%的时间：过早的优化是万恶之源。