Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the kind practiced by great artists, directors, writers, musicians, actors, who know how to touch a chord in humans everywhere.

  • -- Maurice Saatchi 莫里斯·萨奇

人的本性是不能根据当时流行的趋势作出预测的。它服从于伟大的艺术家、导演、作家、音乐家、演员的惊人创造力,他们知道如何触动世界各地人们的心弦。

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I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real.

我相信民族主义是一种非常强大的力量,但还有其他力量在起作用;我认为,有一种趋势在推动一个更大的图景,尤其是在欧洲;但我仍然认为民族主义是真实存在的。

People ask me all the time, "Where do your ideas come from?" So, to clear up this question...I keep my ideas inside the mind of a tiny man who is tied up in my closet.

人们总是问我,“你的想法从何而来?”所以,为了澄清这个问题……我把我的想法藏在一个被我锁在壁橱里的小个子男人的脑子里。

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.

在古代,圣人国王认识到人的本性是坏的,他们的倾向没有得到纠正,他们的不法行为受到控制。

A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.

预测和惊喜的完美结合似乎是最好的艺术的核心。

No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early.

没有人会在他的时间之前离开——除非老板提早离开。

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

全球变暖不是一个预测。它正在发生。