Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you think you can do it, you can.
It's always too early to quit.
The design of a dress, furniture, a house, a room, a street and a city are all the same process.
As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design.