The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster.

The only thing that matters is the work. If you focus on the work, everything else will fall into place.

——2005年2月24日 斯洛伐克首都布拉迪斯拉发，在与美国总统布什共同举行的记者招待会上就布什批评俄罗斯民主而发言

In global competition, we must maintain an open mind and a learning attitude.

I'm the bad guy who makes fun of people that die.

城市是各种力量碰撞的战场，而建筑是这些冲突的调解者。