The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

  • -- Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡王尔德

公众非常宽容。它宽恕一切,除了天才。

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All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, but though I seem to be driven out of my country as a misbeliever I have found no man yet with a faith like mine.

万物都是无常的,惟有属灵的信心能改变万物,使万物充满光明。我虽然像一个不信的人,被赶出我的家乡,却找不着一个像我这样有信心的人。

I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it.

我不打算对教师工会做出任何承诺,除非他们做一些不符合他们自身利益的事情。到目前为止,他们所做的一切都是为了自己的利益,仅此而已。

On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I'm only not tolerant when it comes to myself and what is presented on my album that I have to listen to for the rest of my life.

另一方面,我也很宽容。我希望每个人都能玩他们想玩的。我只是对我自己和我的专辑里所呈现的东西不宽容,而我的余生都要听这些东西。

If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.

如果你仔细观察一棵树,你会发现它结满了结,树枝也死了,就像我们的身体一样。我们学到的是,美与不完美完美地结合在一起。

Our culture now wonderfully, alchemically transforms images and history into artistic material. The possibilities seem endless and wide open.

我们的文化现在奇妙地,用炼金术把图像和历史变成艺术材料。可能性似乎是无穷无尽的。

Who or what inspires you? I must admit that I often read my own articles in scientific journals and inspire myself.

是谁或什么激励着你? 我必须承认,我经常阅读自己在科学期刊上的文章,并激励自己。

There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, novelty, novelty, novelty.

总有三件事是公众迟早会要求的:新奇,新奇,新奇。

Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.

流行音乐是一种时尚,时尚来来去去。随着公众品味的改变,他们会让你退休。

I learned long ago that it is considered rude to vomit on your brother.

我很久以前就知道向你哥哥呕吐是不礼貌的。

Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.

社会经常宽恕罪犯;它永远不会原谅梦想家。

I was fine with everything except Maths. I was terrible at Maths.

除了数学,我什么都学得很好。我数学很差。

My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant.

我母亲经常去教堂,非常宽容。

Art is Art. Everything else is everything else.

艺术是艺术。其他的一切就是其他的一切。

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

一个人爱到什么程度就原谅什么程度。