建筑不是关于形式，而是关于性能。

The challenge is to design spaces that serve people without dominating them.

La literatura es el arte de la decepción controlada.

Do what you can wherever you are， from wherever you sit in life. Give me your time or your talent your money if you have it.

I'm not here to be liked; I'm here to be heard.

I don’t think of myself as a writer who happens to be black. I think of myself as a black writer.

年轻人是可怕的，因为怎么能知道他的将来不如我们现在呢？但如果一个人到了四十、五十岁还默默无闻，他也就没有什么可怕的了。