It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

似乎创造性的能力和批判性的能力不能同时存在于它们的最高完美中。

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Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.

你有没有找到任何合理的理由来解释为什么相互的承诺对彼此来说是足够的考虑(就像加尔各答两个只能站在一起的瘦马)?我没有。

When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed out by the TV, I felt empty. My heart hurt. I often felt hollow or as if I were some sort of wispy ghost, barely existing.

当我没有全身心地投入到创造性的活动中,或者被电视弄得麻木时,我感到空虚。我的心受到伤害。我常常感到空虚,或者好像我是某种纤细的幽灵,几乎不存在。

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.

但是,你知道,我们花了两年的时间把我们的行为放在一起。

We are the yin and the yang of the creative process.

我们是阴阳的创造过程。