It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design.

  • -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

这是一个令人痛心的事实,也应该让我们当中最聪明的人懂得谦卑:许多最有价值的发现,都是偶然的结果,而不是深思熟虑的结果,都是偶然的结果,而不是精心设计的结果。

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In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

在商业和个人生活中,我总是发现旅行比我做的任何事情都更能激励我。我在世界各地发现的语言、文化、风景、食物和设计感都可以在我的每一件首饰中找到证据。

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.

如果我们不能越过分隔我们和我们自己的深渊,那么驶向月球又有什么好处呢?这是所有发现之旅中最重要的一次,没有它,其他所有的航行不仅毫无用处,而且是灾难性的。

It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous.

正是在这样的一个晚上,人们感到真、善和美是一体的。早晨,当他们把他们的发现写在纸上,当其他人读到写在纸上的东西时,这看起来完全是荒谬的。

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.

我设计我的镜头。我在彩排时对着镜头说:“这就是我想要的……我想要这个样子。