Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

I am not a political person by nature. I don't think writers should be political persons. But in South Africa, you can't keep politics out of your life.

解释：才华有高下之分，没有古今之别；文章有真实、虚伪之差，没有新旧之异。

Every stroke of the brush carries the weight of history and the lightness of possibility.

如果你理解，那就不是上帝。

解释：货卖完了才知道不足，是由于不懂得计量；事情结束了才知道有余，是由于不懂得调节。