There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless.

  • -- Clive Bell 克莱夫·贝尔

没有某种品质,艺术作品就不可能存在;拥有这些,在最小程度上,没有任何工作是完全没有价值的。

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I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.

我怀疑,即使在今天,尽管我们在自由思想方面取得了种种进步,真正宽容的品质与仁慈的品质一样罕见。

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

没有一个崇拜教育的人能从教育中得到最好的东西……没有对教育的温和蔑视,没有人的教育是完整的。

You can be childlike without being childish. A child always wants to have fun. Ask yourself, "Am I having fun?"

你可以像孩子一样而不幼稚。孩子总是想要玩得开心。问问你自己,“我玩得开心吗?”

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

就电影制作过程而言,明星从本质上来说是毫无价值的,也是绝对必要的。

The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other.

面孔的美不是一种单独的品质,而是品质之间的关系或比例。

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

在这个世界上,真正的男人是可悲地缺乏的,因为当他们接受考验时,他们会证明自己毫无价值。

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

我们需要听到人们为自己的无价值找的借口。

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

信念如果不转变为行为,就毫无价值。