文学的本质在于捕捉人类经验的瞬息万变，并将其永恒地铭刻在文字中。

Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it, my music, I know I will live forever.

Sustainable agriculture requires a balance between technology and ecological preservation.

We both (Warren Buffett) insist on a lot of time being available almost every day to just sit and think.That is very uncommon in American business.We read and think.

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

The challenge is to make buildings that are both functional and poetic.