Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.

  • -- Edward Hall 爱德华·霍尔

人类习惯了这样一个事实:有些语言是他一开始不懂的,而且必须学习,但因为艺术主要是视觉的,他希望自己应该立即得到信息,如果他不懂,就很容易被冒犯。

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I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.

我对人们选择的形状作为他们创造语言的符号很感兴趣。在所有的形式中都有一个基本的结构,用最少的线条表示整个对象,成为一个符号。这对所有的语言、所有的人、所有的时间都是一样的。

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

人似乎能有伟大的美德,但不能有渺小的美德;能够反抗虐待他的人,却无法控制自己的脾气。

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.

事实有时具有一种奇怪而奇异的力量,使其内在的真理显得难以置信。

Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.

人类每天都在重新开始,不管他知道多少,也不管他知道多少。

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.

我想学几门外语,因此我不得不出国。

Let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester into facts.

让我澄清一些谣言,以免它们演变成事实。