A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

一个真正的评论家应该专注于优点而不是缺点,去发现一个作家隐藏的美,并向世界传达那些值得他们观察的东西。

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But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.

但说实话,我不读评论家的作品。我爸爸读过所有关于我的文章。他打电话给我,让我读一些欣喜若狂的评论,但我总是坚持说我听不见。如果你重视好的评论,你就必须重视批评。

The evidence that things are changing fast can be seen in the dramatic increase in the influence of blogging. We should be collecting emails as we used to collect telephone numbers and using them to better communicate our message to key voters.

事情正在快速变化的证据可以从博客影响力的急剧增长中看出。我们应该像过去收集电话号码那样收集电子邮件,并利用它们更好地向关键选民传达我们的信息。

I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.

我认为大多数人认为绘画是服从于主题的,一种沉思,一种研究,一种探索的观察,就我而言,是为了绘画本身。

It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better.

当你这样做的时候,当你发现一个你喜欢的人的时候,当你感觉到那些感觉的时候,即使他能更好地表达出来,这是很棒的。

Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one.

演员很聪明。然而,他们中的许多人并没有很好地沟通。这就是为什么很难和一个人建立关系。

Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.

虽然高山可以引导迁徙,但平原是人类居住最多的地区。

Once you discover that the world rewards reckless faith, no lesser world is worth contemplating.

一旦你发现这个世界奖励鲁莽的信仰,没有比这更小的世界值得思考。

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

艺术是从显而易见和众所周知的走向神秘和隐蔽的一步。

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values.

对他人的分析实际上是我们自己需求和价值观的表达。

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

观察的准确性等同于思考的准确性。

I don't like to dwell on the past.

我不喜欢沉湎于过去。