每个艺术家的目标都是用人为手段捕捉运动——即生命——并将其固定，使得百年之后当一个陌生人注视它时，它会因为生命而再次运动。
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
最伟大的故事是那些让我们感觉不那么孤独的故事。
建筑是一个涉及公共领域的职业，从这个意义上说，它必须处理政治问题。
「释义」：人要在具体事务中磨炼，才能真正站稳脚跟。
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."
I said, 'I will build you this incredible, gorgeous, gleaming hotel. I will put people to work in the construction trades and save hotel jobs and the Grand Central area will come around.' So the city made the deal.