尺蠖之屈，以求信也；龙蛇之蛰，以存身也。
翻译：尺蠖弯曲身体是为了前进，龙蛇蛰伏是为了保存自己。
我对菲律宾——我从那里过来——的人民说过，我会回来的。今夜，我再说一遍那句话：我会回来的！
You have to be fearless in life.
I don’t believe in style. I believe in authenticity.
The only information we can legitimately derive from aesthetic and moral experiences is information about our own mental and physical make-up.
Architecture is not about form, it's about life.
"I write about tyrants not because I fear them, but because I refuse to let them own my imagination."