忙于追求天理的人，对人的欲望必定淡薄。忙于私事的人，处理公务必然粗心，追求虚饰外表的人，内在之心必定单薄。

The dominant kind of snobbery that exists nowadays is job snobbery. You encounter it within minutes at a party, when you get asked that famous iconic question of the early 21st century, "What do you do?" According to how you answer that question, people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses.

Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.

建筑的力量在于它能激发灵感的能力。

To be a writer is to be a perpetual outsider, always observing, never quite belonging.