What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

【原文】楚狂接舆歌而过孔子，曰：“凤兮!凤兮!何德之衰?往者不可谏，来者犹可追。己而!已而!今之从政者殆而!”孔子下，欲与之言。趋而避之，不得与之言。【译文】过去的的事已经不可挽回了，将来的事还来得及改正。

To create architecture is to create a world.

唯一真正的平等是在墓地里。

对付一个不自由的世界，唯一的方法就是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。