Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.

Every great orchestra is a mirror of its society, reflecting both its virtues and its flaws.

The work of every workman is fully planned out by the management at least one day in advance, and each man receives in most cases complete written instructions, describing in detail the task which he is to accomplish.

I'm interested in the in-between, the interrelationship between things.

才华和优雅如果掌握得有分寸，总在一个人的举止和谈吐中被人觉察到，但是无需炫示出来。正像不必把你的帽子、裙子和缎带一下都穿戴上，为的是让别人知道你拥有这些东西。

艺术没有国界，但艺术家有祖国。

True leaders don't command others what to do; they inspire their potential.

战略不是规划的后果，而是相反：它是规划的起点。