Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

艺术,就像道德一样,就是在某处画一条线。

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To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are an accurate scientific description of the means of survival.

不贪婪地行动,智慧地运用知识,尊重相互依存,不傲慢和贪婪地行动,这些不仅仅是道德上的要求。它们是对生存手段的准确的科学描述。

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

因为,如果有一种对生活的罪恶,那与其说是对生活的绝望,不如说是对另一种生活的希望,以及逃避这种生活的不可调和的壮丽。

But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes.

但通常我从画开始,所以很多东西都是在画中完成的。但即便如此,我仍然允许并希望做出改变。

The moral landscape is the framework I use for thinking about questions of morality and human values in universal terms.

道德景观是我用来思考普遍意义上的道德和人类价值问题的框架。

My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.

作为一名观众,我个人对电影的品味并不完全符合我所拍的电影。

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

对大多数富人来说,财富的主要享受在于炫耀财富。

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.

他们应该像画金翅雀那样把画家的眼睛挖出来,这样他们才能唱得更好。

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

只要你在别的地方寻找佛陀,你就永远不会看到你自己的心就是佛陀。

Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.

大自然不是直线前进的,它是一个不断扩展的发展过程。

I think criticism of good work should stop somewhere.

我认为对优秀作品的批评应该在某个地方停止。