A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.

  • -- Clive Bell 克莱夫·贝尔

玫瑰是大地和天空中无数复杂活动的有形产物,同样,一件艺术品也是人类头脑中奇怪活动的产物。

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One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.

一个人不是因为专心而无所事事。有看得见的劳动,也有看不见的劳动。思即苦干,思即行。双臂交叉起作用,双手合十起作用。仰望天堂是一种创造的行为。

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.

那些想在人类知识的海洋上划船的人不会走得太远,而风暴会把那些起航的人赶出他们的航线。

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

结果!为什么,伙计,我得到了很多结果。我知道有几千件事是行不通的。

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

一个组织的成就是每个人共同努力的结果。

The visible world is the invisible organization of energy.

可见世界是能量的无形组织。

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

哪里的人性像书店那么脆弱?