建筑师

“God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper.”

“上帝创造纸是为了在上面画建筑。其他一切用途，至少对我来说，都是对纸的滥用。”

“To be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history, and he who understands history knows how to find continuity between that which was, is, and will be.”

“现代不是一种时尚，而是一种状态。有必要理解历史，理解历史的人知道如何在过去、现在和未来之间找到延续。”

“Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.”

“不源于自然的东西都不是艺术。”

“In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.”

“在我所有的作品中，光都是一个重要的控制因素。”

“I am not attracted to straight angles or to the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. I am attracted to free-flowing, sensual curves.”

“我不被直角或直线吸引，那是人类创造的僵硬和死板。我被自由流动的、感性的曲线所吸引。”

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

“你永远无法通过对抗现实来改变事物。要改变什么，就建造一个让现有模式过时的新模式。”

“Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place.”

“建筑是生活的真实镜像。你只需将目光投向建筑，就能感受到过去的存在和场所的精神。”

“The real core of my work is the way materials interact with each other, how they meet and what happens in between.”

“我工作的真正核心是材料之间相互作用的方式，它们如何相遇以及之间发生了什么。”

“Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.”

“你最好的作品是你对自己的表达。你可能做得不是最出色的，但当你在做的时候，你就是唯一的专家。”

“Every great architect is — necessarily — a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.”

“每一位伟大的建筑师必然是一位伟大的诗人。他必须是他所处时代的伟大而独到的诠释者。”

“Une maison est une machine à habiter.”

“房屋是居住的机器。”

“The city is an addictive machine from which there is no escape.”

“城市是一台令人上瘾的机器，无从逃脱。”

“I chose the difficult path of architecture because I believe it is a public service.”

“我选择了建筑这条艰难的道路，因为我相信它是一种公共服务。”

“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.”

“建筑是一个时代的意志在空间中的转译。”

“Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.”

“建筑是对空间的深思熟虑的营造。”

“I believe in an emotional architecture. It is very important for humankind that architecture should move by its beauty.”

“我相信情感建筑。建筑以其美感打动人心，这对人类至关重要。”

“One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again.”

“建筑最大的美妙之一是，每一次都像生命重新开始。”

“在中国，过去三十年来，没有一个人问过"我们应该建什么样的城市"这个问题。”

“My goal is to erase architecture. I want to make an architecture that disappears into the environment.”

“我的目标是消除建筑。我想创造一种消融于环境中的建筑。”

“There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?”

“有360度的可能，为什么要固守一个方向？”