Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

  • -- Amy Lowell 艾米·洛威尔

艺术是一个人表达自己的欲望,记录他的个性对他所生活的世界的反应。

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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.

这是后来获得成功的幸运之处之一。我知道我想穿什么,我知道我想住什么样的房子,我只知道更多关于我自己,关于我想扮演的角色和我想表达的我自己的什么部分。你只是更了解自己。

The idea of eternity lives in all of us. We thirst to live in a belief which raises our small personality to a higher coherence - a coherence which is human and yet superhuman, absolute and yet steadily growing and developing, ideal and yet real.

永生的观念存在于我们每个人心中。我们渴望生活在一种信念中,这种信念能把我们渺小的人格提升到更高的一致性——这种一致性既是人类的,又是超人的,是绝对的,但仍在稳步增长和发展,是理想的,也是现实的。

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

一个杰出的人想要逃避责难是愚蠢的,而受责难的影响是软弱的表现。古代所有的杰出人物,甚至世界上各个时代的人,都经历过这种激烈的迫害。

I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with all three and there are parts of each personality that are very special.

我很幸运有三个完全不同的女儿。我看着我的女儿们,我和她们三个人有着不同的关系,每个人的性格中都有非常特别的部分。

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

有一大堆未完成的东西。然后我有歌词书。我发现唱完一首歌却不能录下来是件令人沮丧的事……所以我没有写一百万首歌。

Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.

人类对知识最深切的渴望足以为我们不断的探索提供正当的理由。我们的目标就是完整地描述我们所生活的宇宙。

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.

同样,如果一个人不不断地努力抹去自己的个性,他就写不出任何可读的东西。好的散文就像一扇窗户。

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

我需要告诉世界我是什么,我的本性,因为如果不这样做,我的孩子就会学会如何撒谎。我不想这样。

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.

听的人不知道说的是什么意思,说的人不知道自己的意思,这就是哲学。

There was a great desire to push ahead, to do something, ¦ everyone was aware of the urgent problems to be resolved and the need to act.

有一种强烈的欲望要向前推进,做些什么,每个人都意识到亟待解决的问题和采取行动的必要性。

I'm involved in so many different things, and there are so many profound reactions to what I do because I am big counter culture.

我参与了很多不同的事情,我所做的事情引起了很多深刻的反应,因为我是一个反主流文化的人。

It's almost better most times to not talk in a scene. I think you can actually express a lot more without words.

大多数时候,在一个场景中最好不要说话。我认为你不用语言就能表达更多。

Back in high school, there was something fun and dangerous about inhabiting a different personality.

回到高中时代,生活在一个不同的人格里是一件既有趣又危险的事情。

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

凡夫俗子永远是最杰出的人,因为非常想出名的欲望就是凡夫俗子。

Leftists always want to... circle around subjects... rather than addressing any subject directly.

左派人士总是想……圈主题…而不是直接谈论任何话题。

Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould.

任何一部电影的导演都是非常重要的,演员必须把自己交给自己塑造。

As soon as he thinks about the record, he's finished. The secret is to put it out of your mind.

他一想到这张唱片就完蛋了。秘诀就是把它抛诸脑后。

The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers.

诗人只要把他的诗句铭刻在读者的心中,他就永远活着。

The world is larger and more beautiful than my little struggle.

世界比我小小的奋斗更大更美。

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

一个人需要太多的生命。