The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to create order out of the desperate confusion of our time. We must have order, allocating to each thing it's proper place and giving to each thing is due according to it's nature.

  • -- Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe 密斯基金会

从物质到功能再到创造性工作的漫长道路只有一个目标:从我们这个时代绝望的混乱中创造秩序。我们必须有秩序,按部就班,按部就班,按部就班。

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I hate myself in interviews. All of a sudden, you stop and you're like, 'Chris, how dare you?' I don't live in Darfur. I have both legs. But you can't walk around all the time being like, 'I'm so grateful I'm not in Darfur.'

我讨厌面试时的自己。突然,你停了下来,你说,‘克里斯,你怎么敢这样?我不住在达尔富尔。我有两条腿。但你不能总是说,‘我很庆幸我不在达尔富尔’。

The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.

建筑美学必须根植于对人类活动的更广泛的理解,比如散步、放松和交流。体系结构考虑如何为这些活动提供附加价值。

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

失败只是一个重新开始的机会,这次更明智。

Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.

建筑应该为人们服务,而不是反过来。