The advantage of a ridiculously ambitious goal is that it sets the bar very high so even in failure it may be a success measured by the ordinary.
设定一个野心得荒谬的目标的好处是,上限足够高,这样即使最后失败了,以通常的标准来衡量也可以算某种程度上的成功。
I want my music to make people feel something.
You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.
You don't have to be perfect, just be authentic.
没有坚强意志品质的人学识智慧也不会通达;不遵守诺言的人行动也不会实现。
愚蠢的人认为说真话很容易;只有艺术家,伟大的艺术家,知道这有多难。
To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive - to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before.
The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.
The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.