创造一切非凡事物的那种神圣的爽朗精神总是同青年时代和创造力联系在一起的。

我越不确定，就越感到需要画画。

做伟大的事情很困难，但指挥伟大的事情更困难。

时间是一种持久的存在，它包含了过去、现在和未来。

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

历史学家既是侦探，也是讲故事的人。