Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

  • -- Erich Fromm 埃里希·弗洛姆

创造力需要放弃确定性的勇气。

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A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely . . . but by watching for a time his motions and plays, the painter enters into his nature and can then draw him at every attitude . . .

一位画家告诉我,没有人能画出一棵不变成树的树;或者仅仅通过研究一个孩子的外形轮廓来画一个孩子…但通过观察一段时间他的动作和游戏,画家进入他的本性,然后可以画他的每一个姿态…

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

我发誓,无论何时何地,只要有人忍受痛苦和羞辱,我绝不保持沉默。我们必须始终站在任何一方。中立帮助压迫者,而不是受害者。沉默鼓励受折磨的人,而不是受折磨的人。

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever or whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.

像个孩子一样,面对事实坐下来,准备好放弃一切先入之见,虚心追随大自然的深渊,否则你将一无所获。

Had the serenity to accept the things you cannot change; the courage to change the things you can and the wisdom to know the difference.

坦然接受你无法改变的事实;有勇气去改变你所能改变的,也有智慧去辨别两者的不同。

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are so confident while the intelligent are full of doubt.

这个世界的问题在于,愚蠢的人如此自信,而聪明的人充满怀疑。

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

在创造性的表达和知识中唤醒快乐是教师的最高艺术。