Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

I want to be a tree, not because trees don't speak, but because trees don't lie.

The dialogue that happens between the viewer and the work of art is really the art.

宗教狂热者的对立面不是狂热的无神论者，而是温和的愤世嫉俗者，他们对上帝存不存在并不在意。无神论者是一种宗教人格。他把无神论当成一种新宗教来膜拜。

Architecture must be rooted in the past but look towards the future.

小说是未完成、未解决的艺术。

写作是理解世界混乱的一种方式。

I don't believe in perfection. I think that's a very dangerous idea. It's a very unattainable idea.