Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were.

  • -- John Donne 约翰·唐恩

诗歌是一种伪造的创造物,它创造的东西是不真实的,就好像它们是真实的一样。

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Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.

创造性产生于自发性和局限性之间的张力,后者(如河岸)迫使自发性成为艺术或诗歌作品中必不可少的各种形式。

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

每颗心都唱着一首歌,残缺不全,直到另一颗心窃窃私语。想唱歌的人总能找到歌。每一个沐浴在爱河中的人都是诗人。

Can anybody be given a great degree of creativity? No. They can be given the equipment to develop it-if they have it in them in the first place.

任何人都能被赋予高度的创造力吗?不。如果他们一开始就有开发的设备,他们就可以得到开发的设备。

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

写诗和读书会导致大脑损伤。