Architecture must be rooted in the local, but speak to the universal.

——1993年12月获颁诺贝尔和平奖

"I don't act to escape reality. I act to understand it better."

There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed.

"I write about tyrants not because I fear them, but because I refuse to let them own my imagination."

Great bakers don't just follow recipes; they understand them.