Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.

  • -- Ian Hacking 伊恩·哈金

切鸡来预测未来,如果诚实地做,并且尽可能少地解释,是一种随机化。但鸡内脏很难读懂,也会让人联想到想象力或腐败。

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Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in.

通过最广泛意义上的艺术和科学,有可能为改善和丰富人类生活作出永久的贡献,而我们学生从事的正是这些追求。

Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.

每个人都认为这是自画像,但其实并不是。我只是把自己当作一个模特,因为我知道我可以把自己推向极端,让每一个镜头都尽可能地丑陋、愚蠢或愚蠢。

Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay.

古怪并不困扰我。“古怪”是对数学术语的诗意解释,意思是不符合规律的东西——没关系。

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

我曾经因为腐败而看不起这个世界,但现在我却因为腐败的绝对壮丽而崇拜它。

I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.

我总是喜欢把艺术和音乐留给别人去诠释。

One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.

一羊生疮,群羊遭殃。