The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.

  • -- Benjamin Britten 本杰明·布里顿

一个作曲家突然有了一个很棒的想法,然后通宵达旦地写出来,这种陈旧的想法是毫无意义的。晚上是睡觉的时间。

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As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.

据我所知,只有一小部分数学家,甚至包括那些柏拉图主义者,接受这样的观点,即可能存在真实但不可知的数学事实。

Other composers have taken this particular technique much further than I in the meantime, with the result that the Law of Diminishing Returns has begun to apply.

与此同时,其他作曲家在这一特殊技巧上比我走得更远,其结果是收益递减定律开始适用。

None of us have much idea where we are. Perhaps all our lives are too concerned with where, and not enough with who.

我们都不知道自己在哪里。也许我们所有人的生活都过于关注在哪里,而忽视了谁。

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

我可能不是一个一流的作曲家,但我是一个一流的二流作曲家。