We must resist the temptation to make architecture that is only about itself.

The individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.

若你得到了你想要的一切，但愿生活能把你带回我的门前。如果这一切无法实现，请一直美好下去吧。

You can do anything you set your mind to, man.

Every hour, she thinks, someone forges the rings, someone carves the cradle, someone loses the war.

I'm not interested in playing the hero. I'm interested in playing the human.