Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.

  • -- Ursula K. Le Guin 娥苏拉·勒瑰恩

发明创造早已达到极限,我看不出有进一步发展的希望。

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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.

伟大的发现和进步总是需要许多人的合作。我可能因为开辟了这条道路而受到赞扬,但当我看到后来的发展时,我觉得这是别人的功劳,而不是我自己的。

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

这些是风笛。我知道风笛的发明者看到一个人腋下夹着一头愤怒的、患有哮喘的猪时,受到了启发。不幸的是,人造声音永远无法与猪发出的声音相比。

The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's own, in one's relation to the tool, the material and the colors.

艺术家的艺术必须是他自己的艺术。它是……总是一连串的小发明,一个人自己的小技术发现,与工具,材料和颜色的关系。

Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.

文学是我向同胞们举起镜子的召唤,这对我来说很自然;在开放的发明领域,我并不是没有希望给他们带来快乐。

Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.

命运是懦夫和逆来顺受者的发明。

I'm an inventor.

我是一个发明家。