"A writer is essentially a person who writes not because he has to, but because he cannot not write."

The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.

Architecture is the art of making the invisible visible.

"In every word I write, I seek to capture the fleeting moments of life, to hold them still for a moment longer."

出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·刺复》。做大事的人要有耐心，没耐心就会乱了方寸，误了大事；做小事的人不能有怠慢轻忽之心，否则事情就做不成。前句之意是说，做大事（如治国安邦）要有足够的耐心，不能有浮躁之气，不然思虑不周，定会坏了大事。

"Cinema has the power to change the way we see the world."