客户与建筑师之间的对话是最亲密的对话之一。

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

对感受者而言，生活是悲剧；对思考者而言，生活是喜剧。

Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?

"Technique is important, but it should never overshadow the soul of the work."

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.