谦逊是智慧的起点，骄傲是愚蠢的终点。

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.

当我写作时，我的目标不是纽约，而是堪萨斯州以东一个模糊的地方。

The art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is striving to invent a history which can retrospectively justify the role of the ruling class.