All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.

  • -- Zhuangzi 庄子

所有存在的事物都是一个整体。我们把美丽而稀有的东西看作有价值的东西,把丑陋而丑陋的东西看作污秽而腐朽的东西。污秽而腐朽的东西可以变成稀有而有价值的东西,稀有而有价值的东西可以变成污秽而腐朽的东西。

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When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.

当艺术作品像稀有的蝴蝶一样挂在墙上时,它们就被去文质化了。我们欣赏他们的美丽,我本人并不反对。但艺术远不止于此。

If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.

如果我没有死于飞机失事之类的事故,这个国家就有了一个难得的机会来见证一个伟大人才的成长。

There's only so many times you can read how ugly you are and how much people hate you.

只有多少次你能读懂你有多丑,人们有多恨你。

I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn't money; it's my time.

我总是说,我拥有的最有价值的东西不是钱;这是我的时间。

The idea that everyone's opinion is valuable is sometimes up for question.

每个人的观点都是有价值的,这种观点有时是有问题的。

A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice.

一个公正的人是一个被认可并转化为正义的人。

The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with.

石头又脏又丑,唱着我熟悉的歌。

I'm not any good at foul language or anything like that.

我不擅长脏话之类的。

A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.

自行车改变了我对伦敦的体验。

So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

我从未见过如此肮脏而美好的一天。

Rotten wood cannot be carved.

朽木不能雕。