A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
才智
Intelligence
Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
被一个突如其来的念头的光辉刺痛了。
For me really good acting is about subtext.
对我来说,真正好的表演是潜台词。
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
创意就是一双新鲜的眼睛。
To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.
对我来说,钢琴本身就是一个管弦乐队。
I've never been much for theory and scales.
我从来不喜欢理论和尺度。
There are very few people who do what I do.
像我这样做的人很少。
Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.
天才是即时的,但天才需要时间。
Sweet Analytics, ‘tis thou has ravished me!
甜蜜的分析,是你迷住了我!
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
行动是智力的真正衡量标准。
Eureka, Eureka! (I found it, I found it !).
尤里卡,尤里卡!(我找到了,我找到了!)
A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.
一个人有思考的能力。人群则不然。
People who talk less frequently notice more.
说话少的人注意到的更多。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Your language indicates and limits what you think.
你的语言表明并限制了你的想法。
If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.
如果有什么东西可以被称为天才的话,那就是把注意力集中在一件事上的能力。这件事能使我们把它牢牢地记在心里,直到我们从各个方面对它进行了准确的考察。
Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.
很明显,事实并不是突然出现在你面前的,而是由你之前的经历所形成的想象所组成的。过去的记忆不是事实的记忆,而是你对事实的想象的记忆。
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.
质量从来不是偶然的;它总是聪明努力的结果。
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
智慧在于认识到不同事物之间的相似性和相似事物之间的差异性。
The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.
科学的头脑与其说能提供正确的答案,不如说能提出正确的问题。