你不必总是比别人强，但要比过去的自己更强。

写作是与遗忘作斗争。

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

We must resist the temptation to make African art merely illustrative of theory.

I don't let the world define my beauty.

Overfishing today is stealing from tomorrow’s generations.

The most powerful tool of the architect is the eraser.

释义：人才没有固定不变的价值，器物没有一成不变的用处。