The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies.
作家的唯一责任是对他的艺术负责。如果他是个好作家，他会完全无情...如果一个作家必须抢劫他的母亲，他不会犹豫；
The power of abstraction is that it allows us to reason about systems at a higher level, without getting bogged down in the details.
每个艺术家都将画笔浸入自己的灵魂，将自己的本性描绘在画作中。
真相并不总是美丽的，但追求真相总是美丽的。
孤独是与自己面对面的时间。
The free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
