Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.

Architecture must serve people, not dominate them.

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

生产流程的透明度能建立与消费者和利益相关者的信任。

A novelist's job is to lie, but to reveal the truth through lies.

The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.

好奇心推动创新，而坚持将想法转化为突破。

A true mathematician is always a student, always learning.

译文：别人不如自己的地方，不可以拿出来，在他面前卖弄；别人做不了的善事，不能因自己做过而拿出来炫耀；别人能力比不上我，不能拿来难为别人、压制别人；即使自己很有才华，也要懂得收敛起来，不要招摇，做到看起来很平凡。

The only thing I’m scared of is being average.