The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.

  • -- Evelyn Waugh 伊芙琳·沃

当涉及到制造恐怖时,人类的思维受到了足够的启发;只有当它试图创造一个天堂时,它才显得土里土气。

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I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.

我的听力很差。我无意中帮助发明和改进了一种音乐,使其主要支持者失聪。

If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.

如果你想发明一些新东西,你会遇到很多令人沮丧的地方,大多数人都会放弃。

I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.

我写这本书的灵感来自那些对自由改变世界的力量持怀疑态度的人。

I hope you’re thinking of me, because thoughts of you drift into my mind at least a million times a day.

我希望你一直想着我,因为对你的思念一天至少会在我的脑海中出现一百万次。

I just want to creatively grow and be inspired. I don't want to do anything generic or dumb.

我只是想创造性地成长,并受到启发。我不想做任何泛泛的或愚蠢的事情。

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

在我看来,古老的大师并不是艺术;它们的价值在于它们的稀缺性。