For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.

  • -- Xenophon 色诺芬

因为马被迫所作的,正如西门所见,都是无知的。它也没有什么美,就像一个人鞭打一个跳舞的人一样。

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In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they write, they have to be free. And yet, they aren't ever free. They are not free because they are not free of the constrictions their art puts on them.

为了理解他们需要理解的东西,为了写他们写的东西,他们必须是自由的。然而,他们从来没有自由过。他们之所以不自由,是因为他们无法摆脱艺术给他们施加的束缚。

Writing has always felt like a compulsion. Even at high school there'd be times when people would ask me if I wanted to go and hang out and I'd sit home and write instead.

写作一直是一种冲动。甚至在高中的时候,人们也会问我是否想出去玩,而我会坐在家里写作。

For me writing and acting all comes out of the same place, a compulsion to review and connect to something. For me they are more similar than different.

对我来说,写作和表演都来自同一个地方,一种想要回顾和连接某些东西的冲动。对我来说,它们更相似而不是不同。

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

这个世界上的邪恶几乎总是来自无知,如果他们缺乏理解,善意和恶意可能造成同样多的伤害。

I love living with animals. And my children love animals. I love walking around and being with the horses. But the deer? They're naughty.

我喜欢和动物一起生活。我的孩子们喜欢动物。我喜欢到处走走,和马在一起。但鹿吗?他们淘气。

So, I have my own horse and two ponies. I grew up around horses, and that really is my passion.

所以,我有我自己的马和两匹小马。我在马的陪伴下长大,这就是我的激情所在。

Another man's horse and your own whip can do a great deal.

别人的马和你自己的鞭子能起很大作用。

Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.

手里拿着鞭子的狗,不要叫它。