画布上的旧颜料，随着时间的推移，有时会变得透明。当这种情况发生时，在某些画作中，可以看到原始的线条：一棵树会透过女人的裙子显现出来，一个孩子给狗让路，一艘大船不再在开阔的海面上。这被称为“悔改”，因为画家“后悔了”，改变了主意。也许可以说，被后来的选择所取代的旧观念，是一种看然后再看的方式。
Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.
最有趣的想法是异端。
你和你的梦想之间唯一的障碍是你尝试的意愿和你相信它实际上可能的信念。
随着复杂性的增加，精确的陈述会失去意义，而有意义的陈述会失去精确性。
我们应该忘记小的效率，大约97%的时间：过早的优化是万恶之源。
写作是一种对生活的重新理解。