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.

我相信每一个成人的内心深处，都潜伏着一个爱做游戏的天真孩童，只不过随着时光流逝，蒙上了世故的尘土。

理解宇宙不仅需要智慧，还需要想象力。

The more we learn, the more we realize how little we know.

量子理论的真正意义不在于方程本身，而在于我们对其的解释。

In the end, we are all alone with our thoughts.

"Writing is a way of thinking, a way of understanding the world."

写作是面对存在的混乱并赋予其形式。

"The historian is a prophet looking backwards."