A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
创造
Creation
A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the sails, and imagination the rudder.
长诗是对创造力的考验，我把长诗当作诗歌的北极星，想象是帆，想象是舵。
The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.
写作的过程，摆弄段落，试图写出真正好的散文，是我与生俱来的性格。
The unfolding of a story is both as exciting and as difficult for each and every novel I've written, regardless of time and place.
对于我所写的每一部小说来说，不论时间和地点，故事的展开都是既令人兴奋又困难的。
“I'm sure of it. And it might happen quicker than you think. There's a lot of creativity winding its way into the electro-sphere.”
“我敢肯定。这可能比你想象的要快。在电子领域有很多创意。”
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
经历悲伤和愤怒可以让你更有创造力，而通过创造力，你可以摆脱痛苦或消极情绪。
I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking.
我真的很喜欢直接在画布上挤出一大块颜料，然后留下;新鲜，即时，有时令人震惊。
I paint from the top down From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the people.
我从天而降作画，然后画山，然后画山，然后画房子，然后画牛，然后画人。
I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.
我不选择分析我所做的事情，我认为这是正确的选择，因为那样我就不会花时间去创造。
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.
在我看来，爵士乐的本质是:旋律的即兴创作，旋律的创造，摇摆和乐器的个性。
I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.
我不遵循任何制度。当创造的时刻到来时，你所能制定的所有法律只不过是一堆靠山。
We were kind of scatterbrained in our early approach, but as we wrote more songs we wanted to make sure we were sonically cohesive.
在我们早期的创作方法中，我们有点心不在焉，但是当我们创作更多的歌曲时，我们想要确保我们的音乐连贯一致。
The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder.
当我说到发明互联网的那一天，我很累，因为我整夜都在发明摄像机。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.
生活给我们带来的最大的刺激是创造、构建和发展一些有用的东西。我们常常没有认识到并赞扬这种创造精神。正是这种精神创造了我们的就业机会。
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
通过充满激情地相信一些还不存在的东西，我们创造了它。不存在是我们没有足够渴望的东西。
Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.
在你头脑的任何一个角落留下一个空白，你的创造力就会立刻填补它。
To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.
为了创造出与众不同的东西，你的思维必须不懈地专注于最小的细节。
There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.
想象力只有一种令人钦佩的形式:想象力是如此强烈，以至于它创造了一个新的现实，让事情发生。
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
一粒橡子就能造出一千片森林。