Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

  • -- John Dewey 约翰·杜威

冲突是思想的牛虻。它激励我们去观察和记忆。它促进发明。它使我们摆脱了盲从的被动状态,使我们善于注意和设计。

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Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it "creative observation." Creative viewing.

除非观察到,否则什么也不存在。艺术家通过观察使某种东西存在。他对其他人的希望是,他们也会通过观察来让它存在。我称之为“创造性观察”。创造性的观察。

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.

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。

Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.

创造的条件是令人困惑的;集中;接受冲突和紧张;每天出生;去感受自我。

Do not show your teeth until you can bite.

咬东西之前不要露出牙齿。