There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready made his discovery or poem or picture - that it came to him from outside, and that he did not consciously create it from within.

  • -- William Kingdon Clifford 威廉·金顿·克利福德

没有一个科学的发现者,没有一个诗人,没有一个画家,没有一个音乐家不告诉你,他发现了现成的发现,无论是诗歌还是绘画,都是来自外部的,而不是他有意识地从内部创造出来的。

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My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever.

我的发明,(电影摄影机),可以被利用…但除此之外,它没有任何商业价值。

Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.

每当我的身体痊愈,疼痛和肿胀消失的时候,我就准备好了。

I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.

我生长在一个科学的世界,一个神经外科医生的儿子。

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.

有点怯场,那我准备好了。