置猿槛中,则与豚同,非不巧捷也,无所肆其能也。
【大意】把猿猴关在笼子里,它就会像猪一样,并不是它没有灵巧攀登、轻捷跳跃的本领,而是没有它发挥本领的机会。
To talk about painting is not only difficult but perhaps pointless too.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
The ladder of causation has three rungs: seeing, doing, and imagining.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge.
The great virtue of the novel is that it makes you see, it makes you feel, it makes you know.