Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

  • -- John Dewey 约翰·杜威

冲突是思想的牛虻。它激励我们去观察和记忆。它促进发明。它使我们摆脱了盲从的被动状态,使我们善于注意和设计。

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I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.

我认为大多数人认为绘画是服从于主题的,一种沉思,一种研究,一种探索的观察,就我而言,是为了绘画本身。

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

科学充其量不过是常识,也就是说,在观察上严格准确,在逻辑上对谬误毫不留情。

A man that will fight will find a cudgel in every hedge.

敢于斗争的人,在每一道篱笆上都能找到一根棍棒。

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.

戏剧通常有一些激烈的冲突。