“I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that.”

“It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.”

“Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.”

“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”

“The authentic self is the soul made visible.”

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”

“Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things that's all.”

“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

“I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.”