All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

所有的艺术作品都是受委托创作的,因为没有一个艺术家可以通过简单的意志行为创作出一件作品,但他必须等到自己认为好的想法出现时再创作。

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I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

我相信人类不仅能忍受。他将获胜。他是不朽的,不是因为只有他在万物中有无穷无尽的发言权,而是因为他有一个灵魂,一个能够同情、牺牲和忍耐的精神。

We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see.

我们需要谈谈我们要做什么,看看然后决定。我们只能等着瞧了。

I just wait for something to present itself, and then I consider it.

我只是等待一些事情出现,然后我考虑它。

It is not as bad to believe a lie as to tell one.

相信谎言并不比说谎更糟糕。