艺术家是他时代的孩子，但如果他也是时代的门徒，甚至是时代的宠儿，那他就倒霉了。
The artist is a child of his time, but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease; the happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
Music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail.
好弓难以拉开，然而可以射得高射得深；良马难以驾御，然而可以负重行远。
科学的进步是我们逐渐意识到自己无知的过程。
历史不仅仅是关于过去；它是关于过去如何塑造现在。
译文：学习不以广博为贵，贵在学得正确，说话不以漂亮动听为贵，贵在表达得当。赏析：读书求学要走正道，要有正确的学习观，不能学习旁门左道。和别人交往，说话不一定要动听，一定要正确表达，不要出口伤人。
The best literature is that which challenges us, which makes us think, which forces us to confront the uncomfortable truths of our existence.
创新发生在你敢于不同思考的时候。