建筑师必须是远见者和实用主义者。

历史给我们的教训是，人们从来都不知道汲取历史的教训。

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

Every setback is a setup for a comeback.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

Our heroes are human heroes. That's a very new situation. Most other societies have had, right at their center, the worship of something transcendent: a god, a spirit, a natural force, the universe, whatever it is -- something else that is being worshiped. We've slightly lost the habit of doing that, which is, I think, why we're particularly drawn to nature.