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Simplicity
And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.
因此,我一直着迷于这样一个想法,即复杂性可以来自于这样的简单。
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
我有三宝,持而保之。一曰慈,二曰俭,三曰不敢為天下先。
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
关于人的烦恼是双重的。他不能学习太复杂的真理;他忘记了太简单的真理。
The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.
自然作品中崇高的朴素往往源于观察者的崇高的短视。
Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.
简单并不是艺术的目标,但一个人不顾自己,通过进入事物的真实意义而达到简单。
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.
简单是这个世界上最难得到的东西;它是经验的最后极限,是天才的最后努力。
If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it.
如果我们活着,我们就活着;如果我们死了,我们就死了;如果我们受苦,我们就受苦;如果我们害怕,我们就会害怕。这没有问题。
Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.
大多数科学的基本概念本质上都很简单,而且通常可以用一种人人都能理解的语言来表达。
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.
所有科学的伟大目标都是通过从最少的假设或公理中进行逻辑推理来涵盖最多的经验事实。
When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
范海伦刚出道的时候,并没有成名之路。我们只是玩我们喜欢的。即使在今天,它总是归结为摇滚的简单。
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
简单是最终的成就。当一个人演奏了大量的音符和更多的音符后,简单就成为了艺术的最高奖赏。
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
除了把事情做完的高尚艺术,还有把事情做完的高尚艺术。生活的智慧在于消除不必要的东西。
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French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.
法语和德语也同样说明了明显的语法简单性所具有的误导性。
Simplicity is the ultimate form sophistication.
简单是复杂的最终形式。
At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.
有时我们几乎都羡慕动物。他们遭受痛苦并死去,但似乎并不把它当作一个“问题”。
As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.
在我的实践中,摄影通过简单产生快乐。我看到一些特别的东西,并把它展示给相机。生成了一幅图。这一刻一直等到有人看到。那么它就是他们的了。
I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, 'Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We've got the climax coming up.' You can start to analyze it too much.
我发现童星能很好地提醒我们表演的简单性。随着年龄的增长,你有时会把事情复杂化。你可能会意识到,‘好吧,这就是情感上的场景。这是我们需要做的。高潮就要到了。你可以开始过多地分析它。
Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.
我们为什么要如此匆忙而浪费生命呢?我们决定先挨饿后挨饿。