Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.

  • -- Frank Lloyd Wright 弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特

把建造鸡舍和建造大教堂看作是同样可取的。

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I have friends who are capable of writing a very rough draft and then going back and embroidering - they're sort of the cathedral builders of fiction. I never really know what I'm doing, and all my pleasure's on the level of the line.

我有一些朋友,他们能够写一个非常粗略的草稿,然后回去刺绣——他们有点像小说的大教堂建造者。我从来都不知道自己在做什么,我所有的快乐都在这条线上。

At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails.

在堪萨斯城,在沙龙关闭之前,他们正准备在监狱之外再建一座。现在门在铰链上懒洋洋地摆动着,没有人锁在监狱里。

We all have our opinions. But I suspect that writers are actually less worth heeding, because they regard themselves as so uniquely important, so culturally sensitive.

我们都有自己的观点。但我怀疑,作家实际上不那么值得关注,因为他们认为自己是如此独特地重要,对文化如此敏感。

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.

布里斯托尔海峡一直是我的向导,我总能从我的床上画一条想象的线到我们在威尔士的家。这是极大的安慰。

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

我从不厌倦伟大的教会。这是我最喜欢的一种山景。人类从没有像建造一座大教堂那样受到如此快乐的启发。

The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.

房子必须让每个人都满意,而艺术作品则不然。这件作品是艺术家的私事。房子不是。

The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

全场起立的欢呼声使我……在这样一个人才济济的城市里受到这样的尊敬,真是了不起。

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

与其说培养对法律的尊重,不如说是培养对权利的尊重。

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

我知道有了像我这样的嘴巴,我一定会成为明星什么的。

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

不公正的人是严厉的,不明智的人是悲伤的。

My God, he looks like he's beating a chicken.

天啊,他看起来像在打鸡。

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

如果机会不来敲门,那就建一扇门。