我不认为自己是一个碰巧是黑人的作家。我认为自己是一个黑人作家。

You are the artist of your own life, don't hand the brush to anyone else.

人在年幼时就开始学习，用心容易专一，没有别的事情干扰，所以容易学成。有人说，14岁前是学习的黄金时期，暂不说其中的科学依据，对于孩子来说，他们的好奇心、理解力、想象力和创作力正处旺盛期，也是集中学习受干扰少的最佳时期，因此在孩子最佳培养阶段，家长要懂得培养。

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.

Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

小花睡在尘土里，它寻求蝴蝶走的路。