A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
愿景
Vision
It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.
即使没有确定性,预测也比完全不预测要好得多。
One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.
一个人的目的地永远不是一个地方,而是一种看待事物的新方式。
For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.
对于光,我直接走到光源,而不是任何反射。
If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
如果你不知道你要去哪里,你可能会在其他地方结束。
The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision.
艺术家要记住的唯一一件事就是永远不要对自己的愿景失去信心。
I tend to have a kind of tunnel vision when I'm looking at an individual piece.
当我在看一件作品时,我倾向于有一种狭隘的眼光。
Everything in the past died yesterday; everything in the future was born today.
过去的一切都在昨天死去;未来的一切都是今天诞生的。
If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.
如果你喊着“前进”,你必须毫不犹豫地指明前进的方向。
To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.
今天要现实,就要有远见。现实就是幻想。
Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.
神秘是一种资源,就像煤炭或黄金一样,它的保存是一件好事。
How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective.
在我熟悉的街道上开车是多么奇怪。多么不同的视角。
Hope was always out ahead of fact, possibility obscured the outlines of reality.
希望总是走在事实前面,可能性掩盖了现实的轮廓。
KEEP EXPLORING
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Because imagination created the world, it governs it.
因为想象力创造了世界,所以它统治着世界。
Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.
想象不是孤立的、封闭的东西,不是把现实抛诸脑后的一种方式;这是一种融入现实的方式。
Freedom is not to defy, it is to co-exist. It is a challenge for the imagination.
自由不是反抗,而是共存。这是对想象力的挑战。
The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
人的一生不在于看见异象和做梦,而在于积极的慈善和乐意的服务。
Imagination should be used, not to escape reality but to create it.
想象不应该用来逃避现实,而应该用来创造现实。
Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
智慧意味着用最好的方法追求最好的结果。