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愿景
Vision
Similar to the telescope or the telephone, television enables us to see or hear things we never dreamed of. When you look at the details, a concrete scene between people is really something incredibly unlikely, something subtle that requires extended description.
就像望远镜或电话一样，电视使我们能够看到或听到我们从未梦想过的东西。当你观察细节时，人与人之间的具体场景是不太可能发生的，是需要扩展描述的微妙的事情。
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
这棵树感动了一些人，使他们喜笑颜开，但在另一些人眼里，它只是一棵挡在路上的绿色的东西。有些人看到大自然全是嘲笑和残缺……有些人甚至根本看不到大自然。但是对于有想象力的人来说，大自然就是想象力本身。
When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.
当我第一次对摄影感兴趣的时候，我认为它是一个完整的奶酪。我的想法是让它被认为是一门艺术。今天我对此毫不在意。摄影的使命是人与人之间以及每个人对自己的解释。
There is a small world of people who are very interested in contemporary art and a slightly bigger world of people who look at contemporary art. But then there is a much larger world that doesn't realise how influential art is on things that they actually look at.
有一小部分人对当代艺术非常感兴趣，还有一小部分人对当代艺术比较感兴趣。但还有一个更大的世界没有意识到艺术对他们实际看到的东西有多大影响。
A journalist and an information architect face exactly the same problem - how to give shape to the pile of information in front of you in a way that will make it easy and natural for people to comprehend. I can't imagine any better preparation for the work I do now.
记者和信息架构师面临着完全相同的问题——如何以一种让人们更容易、更自然地理解的方式来塑造你面前的一堆信息。我想不出比这更好的准备工作了。
In Sufi terms, there are two very interesting notions of transcendence. One is to gaze out at the universe and to comprehend that what you see out there reflects what you are. The other one is to look inside yourself and recognise that the universe is present there.
在苏菲派的术语中，有两个非常有趣的超验概念。一个是凝视宇宙，并理解你在那里看到的反映了你是谁。另一个是审视自己的内心，认识到宇宙就在那里。
Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body; but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.
而且，当我躺在那里想着我的幻觉时，我又能看到这一切，感觉到我身上有一种奇怪的力量在发光。但当我说话的那部分试图用语言来表达意思时，它就像雾一样，离我而去。
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you.
如果你不能用音乐来探索生活或对生活的理想化想象，为什么还要从事音乐创作呢?我相信我们很多人的一生都是在睡梦中度过的，而我一直试图做的就是抓住那些瞬间，那一刻，一个小小的火花划破迷雾，触动了你。
I came from the country, and when I came to the city, I was ridin' high, you know. I was seeing more lights than I ever dreamed to shine in the world. 'Cos where I came from, there wasn't too many lights. Bugs made a lot of light, but after that there wasn't no lights.
我从乡下来，当我来到城里的时候，你知道，我兴奋极了。我看到了比我想象中更多的光照耀着这个世界。因为在我的家乡，没有太多的灯光。虫子能发出很多光，但之后就没有光了。
As I said before, a big part of my strategy says - and the management team I think is in agreement with this - we don't have to be out there with a lot of noise all the time. What we need to do is paint a vision for customers, promise them deliverables, and go hit at it.
正如我之前说过的，我的战略很大一部分是说——我认为管理团队也同意这一点——我们不必一直在外面吵吵闹闹。我们需要做的是为客户描绘一个愿景，向他们承诺可交付的产品，然后付诸行动。
Of course you want to be good and you want to do the best you can, but I am inspired by great writing. If there's something about the script, that's what I go for, although I know that that doesn't always translate because sometimes it's about the vision of the director.
当然，你想成为一个优秀的人，你想尽你所能做到最好，但是我被伟大的写作所鼓舞。如果剧本里有什么东西，那就是我所追求的，尽管我知道这并不总是翻译出来的，因为有时它是关于导演的愿景。
The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. . . . The ordinary objects of human endeavour -- property, outward success, luxury -- have always seemed to me contemptible.
有些理想曾为我们引过道路，并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生，那些理想就是真、善和美……在我看来，人类奋斗的普通目标——财产、表面上的成功、奢侈——总是可鄙的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
感恩使我们的过去变得有意义，为今天带来和平，为明天创造愿景。
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。
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。
If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?
如果我们看不到伟大的可能性，我们怎么能梦想它呢?
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
你能想象什么取决于你知道什么。