A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
诗人
Poet
A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.
雕刻家是对事物的形状感兴趣的人，是文字中的诗人，是声音中的音乐家。
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
正如诗人所说，“只有上帝才能造树”，这可能是因为很难弄清楚如何把树皮弄上去。
If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making.
如果一个诗人是任何人，他是一个人，他的事情变得无关紧要的人-一个人痴迷于创造。
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
死亡最像一个先知，他在自己的土地上没有荣誉，或者一个诗人，他在自己的人民中是一个陌生人。
I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition.
我看不出一个人怎么能一边从事物理学的前沿工作，一边写诗。他们是对立的。
The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.
诗人控制着自己的幻想，而他的幻想又恰恰是神经质的标志。
We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.
我们不关心非常贫困的人。它们是不可想象的，只有统计学家或诗人才能接近它们。
None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.
只有诗人才能写悲剧。因为悲剧只不过是痛苦被诗歌的炼金术转化为狂喜。
Married or unmarried, young or old, poet or worker, you are still a dreamer, and will one time know, and feel, that your life is but a dream.
已婚或未婚，年轻或年老，诗人或工人，你仍然是一个梦想家，总有一天你会知道，并感觉到，你的生活只是一个梦。
The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
诗人把自己暴露在危险之中。所有关于诗歌的论述，所有关于诗歌的知识，都只是部分的保证。
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.
说到原子，语言只能用在诗歌中。诗人也不太关心描写事实，而更关心创造形象。
From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning.
从灵感的剧痛和思想的漩涡中，诗人也许终于能够达到并传达出正确的词语和意义的混合。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
如果你的日常生活看起来很糟糕，不要责怪它;责备你自己，你还不够诗人，不能唤起它的丰富;对于造物主来说，没有贫穷。
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.
就像一位伟大的诗人，大自然知道如何用最有限的手段产生最大的效果。
The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.
诗人享有无与伦比的特权，能够随心所欲地做自己和他人。
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."
还有一位老诗人，我不记得他的名字了，他说:“真理是时间的女儿。”
I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.
我认为诗人就是那些不自称为诗人的人。
Conscience is no more than the dead speaking to us.
良心不过是死人对我们说话。