Art is not just about beauty; it’s about truth, even when that truth is uncomfortable.
I don't do things for the reaction or the credit. I do things because they're what I want to do.
He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself.
At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"
【译文】圣人的道理，平坦得就像大路一样，学者苦于不能得其人门的要领。
I tend to think that the camera is much more reliable than the human eye.