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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If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not.

如果我们相信我们的移民法毫无价值,就像我们当前的政策会让我们相信的那样,那么我们应该把所有的移民法都扔掉吗?我希望不是这样。

Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.

原教旨主义者相信耶稣是上帝变成了人。我相信耶稣是人成为神。

Don't wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.

不要等待完美的时刻,把握现在,让它变得完美。

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

好奇心等待着每一个秘密。