Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

A good building is one that makes the city better.

出自《王阳明传习录 卷上 ( 门人 薛侃录) 》 王阳明这里圣人的标准是要”纯乎天理“，关于这点，不同的人可能会有不同的说法。有人可能会说，这是古代的东西，早就落后于时代潮流了。好吧，我们换一个说法，把圣人换成人才。把标准从”纯乎天理“换成核心竞争力。这样一来，我们就可以说，人才的标准是要有核心竞争力。我想这样大家就没有异议了吧。

I don't believe in waiting for inspiration. I believe in working.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

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

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!