In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.
如果同情心的一个极端，是这些八卦小报。另一个极端便是悲剧和悲剧艺术，我想说的是或许我们该从悲剧艺术中学习，你不会说汉姆雷特是个失败者，虽然他失败了，他却不是一个失败者。我想这就是悲剧所要告诉我们的，也是我认为非常重要的一点。
质量是企业的生命，没有质量就没有市场。
中庸：不走极端。对别人的伤害保持隐忍，将此视为应得之事。
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
The past is always present in the work.
I'm just a kid from Canada who followed his dreams.
孤独是自我的贫乏；独处是自我的丰富。
金钱会说话，废话请走开。
——〈在广州农民运动讲习所第一届毕业礼演说〉，对讲习所学员发出警告，无法在中国发动阶级斗争，反之应该要用平和方法，以合作为诉求，1924年8月21日