Architecture is a human act that transforms nature into culture.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.  

【译文】树应该遗憾自己的枝上长不出叶子，不要抱怨太阳偏心眼。人的一切都是命中注定的，一星半点也由不得自己。

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。