A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

  • -- Paul Valery 保尔·瓦雷里

如果艺术中固有的困难能给人以灵感,那么人就是诗人;如果他们剥夺了他的思想,他就不是诗人。

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And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.

因此,我一直着迷于这样一个想法,即复杂性可以来自于这样的简单。

Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.

真正的诗,是过一种美好的生活。活在诗里胜过写诗。

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

在诗歌中,必须说的每句话几乎都不可能说得好。

From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.

从我的训练中,我可以知道我能做什么。

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

生活在于一个人整天在想什么。

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

在艺术中,人表现的是他自己,而不是他的对象。