In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.

  • -- Christopher Wren 克里斯托弗·雷恩

在马上要看到的事物中,多样性使混乱成为美的另一种恶习。在那些看不见的、彼此不尊重的事物中,巨大的变化是值得称赞的,只要这种变化不违反光学和几何学的规则。

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The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living.

穷人互相残杀,因为他们的生活没有希望,并向这些人传达了一个悲惨的信息,即他们没有可能获得体面的生活水平。

Very rarely is there any confusion as to when a painting or a song is finished. You just know when it's done.

很少有人对一幅画或一首歌何时完成感到困惑。你只知道什么时候结束。

Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.

我们看到的每件事都隐藏着另一件事,我们总是想看到被我们看到的东西所隐藏的东西。

I don't cause riots, but I do cause confusion. People freeze when they spot me.

我不会引起骚乱,但我确实会引起混乱。人们一看见我就不寒而栗。