The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is—it’s to imagine what is possible.
艺术的功能不仅仅是如实反映现实,更是要想象可能的事物。
In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.
——〈在北京基督教等六教会欢迎会的演说〉,1912年9月5日