The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.

The best architecture is contextual.

The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.

我们需要从一种获取-制造-浪费的经济转向一种再生型经济。

模型是对现实的简化表示，但其价值在于它能够提供不立即显而易见的见解。

领导力在于着眼数十年后的未来而今天采取行动。

All writing is an attempt to escape the self.

I believe that one can write a great opera with real characters， real emotions， and real situations.