To live is to be slowly born.

我所使用的材料不仅仅是物体，它们是意义的载体。

The novel is an artifact that, like a bomb, can explode in the reader's consciousness.

The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.

I don’t live for the approval of others. I live for myself.

（均平的状态下，水）保有内蕴，而外部毫无所动。