Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is also paralleled by, and perhaps derived from, the striving towards the state of simplest structure in physical systems.

  • -- Rudolf Arnheim 鲁道夫·阿恩海姆

人类对秩序的追求,艺术只是秩序的一种表现形式,这种追求源于整个有机世界的一种类似的普遍倾向;与之并行的,或许还源自于对物理系统中最简单结构状态的追求。

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It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

在我看来,自然界是最令人兴奋的地方;视觉美的最大源泉;知识兴趣的最大源泉。它是生命中最伟大的源泉,使生命有价值。

I like every single actor or actress in the world, because we never know what the conditions are like when they are working. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and root for them like a psychotic sports fan.

我喜欢世界上的每一个男演员或女演员,因为我们永远不知道他们工作时的条件是什么样的。我相信每个人都是无辜的,就像一个疯狂的体育迷一样支持他们。

The simplest and cheapest of all reforms within institutional science is to switch from the passive to the active voice in writing about science.

在机构科学的所有改革中,最简单、最廉价的方法就是在科学写作中从被动语态转换为主动语态。

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.

人是败坏的神。当人是清白的时候,生命就会更长久,就会进入不朽,就像我们轻轻地从梦中醒来一样。

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.

知识永远是一个程度的问题:你不能把手指放在最简单的数据上,然后说我们知道这一点。

Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man.

工作是人生真正的长生不老药。最忙的人是最幸福的人。