The invention of the cotton gin was a mere accident; I was then young and very poor, and it was a great object with me to realize something from it.
轧棉机的发明纯属偶然；那时我还很年轻，非常贫穷，对我来说从中实现一些价值是一个重要的目标。
The artist must be a wanderer of the infinite.
成为作家意味着接受你将永远与自己的思想独处。
Light gives life to architecture; without light, architecture loses its soul.