抽象的目的不是模糊，而是创建一个新的语义层次，在这个层次上可以绝对精确。
The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.
Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language.
"The only way to deal with the unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
我们都在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。
A story is a gift—one that keeps giving.
"A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us."
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