"If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine."

-- Ray Charles

“Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work, like any art.”
“What I accomplished definitely wasn't achieved by myself. Without others, none of this would have been possible.”

Source : "Smith's feet flashing to a new beat" by Scott Pitoniak, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, p. 1D, 7D, June 3, 2007.
“No one can listen to your body for you... To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.”

Source : Jon Kabat-Zinn (2013). “Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness”, p.173, Bantam
“By the truth we are undone. Life is a dream. 'Tis the waking that kills us. He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.”
“forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon and museums”

Source : Zbigniew Herbert, John Carpenter, Bogdana Carpenter (1985). “Raport z oblezonego miasta i inne wiersze”, Ecco Pr
“I'm really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I'm Joe Straight.”
“Sometimes I'm like Dory from Finding Nemo. I can't remember facts.”
“Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.”

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