The only way to understand another culture is to assume the frame of reference of that culture.

He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.

艺术的功能不仅仅是告诉你已经知道的东西。

Just because you make a good plan doesn’t mean that’s what’s gonna happen.

The psychologist must describe, not explain.