‘Form follows profit’ is the aesthetic principle of our times. Thus, design skill is measured today by the architect’s ability to build the largest possible enclosure for the smallest investment in the quickest time.

  • -- Richard Rogers 理查德罗杰斯

“形以利为本”是我们这个时代的审美原则。因此,今天的设计技巧是由建筑师在最短的时间内以最小的投资建造尽可能大的围护结构的能力来衡量的。

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I am a fashion designer. I'm not an environmentalist. When I get up in the morning, number one I'm a mother and a wife, and number two I design clothes. So the main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.

我是一名时装设计师。我不是环保主义者。当我早上起床的时候,首先我是一个母亲和妻子,其次我设计衣服。所以我要做的主要事情就是为我的顾客创造,希望是精致漂亮,令人满意的东西。

People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I'd see them on tour they'd have my autograph tattooed. I decided I wouldn't write on people anymore, but I'd give them arms and legs and if they wanted those autographed I'd do that.

人们会让我在他们的身体上签名,然后下次我在巡演上看到他们的时候,他们会把我的签名纹在身上。我决定不再在人们身上写字了,但我会给他们胳膊和腿,如果他们想要我的亲笔签名,我会那样做。

Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.

生活得好是一门可以发展的艺术:热爱生活,能够从微小的奉献中获得巨大的快乐,确信这个世界不欠你任何东西,而每一件礼物都确实是一件礼物。

What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.

什么构成了良好的性能?通过唱歌或演奏使耳朵意识到乐曲真实内容和影响的能力。

Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.

倾听一百遍;思考一千次;说一次。

Fiction is life by design.

小说是设计出来的生活。