The best way to predict the future is to create it through bold, responsible action.

没有故事，我们只是骸骨与尘埃。

The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.

The idea of being in a band is to be part of a gang.

艺术不是手工艺品，它是艺术家所经历的情感的传递。

【译文】得到恩惠很深时应及早退出身来，春风得意时要及时罢休。千万不要等到是非传入耳内，致使过去的恩爱变成怨仇。

Short-term gains should never compromise long-term sustainability.