音乐家必须创作音乐，艺术家必须绘画，诗人必须写作，只有这样他们才能最终与自己和解。

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

在每一本书中，都有作者灵魂的一部分。

The artist must be a child of the infinite.

优秀的侦探听比说多。

The past is always there, and it's always different every time you look at it.

【译文】 孔子说：“面对仁道，在老师面前也不要谦让。”

Even in the grave， all is not lost.

Progress is not inevitable; it is the result of deliberate choices and actions.