个人必须从他的文化提供的材料中塑造自己。
The individual has to fashion himself out of the material given by his culture.
The true artist is always in a state of becoming.
如果一个人行为不端正，内心不纯洁，那么权势和富贵都会像云烟一样消散。
Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.
