A sober looks shows that just have the world gotten to be a better place after all; it is also grown a bit worse at the exact same rate.; a one step up, a one step back sort of cosmic balance between forward progress, and cultural retreat, that puts man kind on a bell curve of existence.

我们生活在一个不断膨胀和进化的宇宙中。

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

我认为过去的成绩非常重要。如果你从早就开始努力在一些简单的事情上，比如诚实，拥有一个完美的记录，你就已经在这个世界上走上了成功的道路。

I don't want to paint people who are just sitting there like models. I want to paint the actual person.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

In business, you have to be willing to adapt, but never at the cost of your core values.