Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.
The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
艺术家必须先创造火花，然后才能生火，在艺术诞生之前，艺术家必须准备好被自己创造的火所吞噬。
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most political part of the human personality because it is what drives people to want to be recognized as superior to others.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.