须知现在人民有一种专制积威下来的奴隶性，实在不容易改变……一般人民还不晓得自己去站那主人的地位。我们现在没有别法，只好用些强迫的手段，迫着他来做主人，教他练习练习。
——在上海中国国民党本部会议演说，1920年11月9日
The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil.
The best architecture is that which disappears, leaving only the experience.
I have often been asked how my plays come about. I cannot say. Nor can I ever sum up my plays, except to say that this is what happened. That is what they said. That is what they did.