And my own belief is when you are not in command ; when you are humble before the thing; frankly, only then, is anything of any interest is going to happen in the arts.

我的信念是，只有当你失去了话语权,当你在艺术作品前谦卑时;,坦率地讲，只有这时，你的作品中,才会有奇迹发生。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And I found a path of both, I think, humility and power to walk down.

我发现了一条能够沿着走下去的，融合了谦卑和力量的道路。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Reopen no old wounds. Be as if you had never returned and looked in to me to see my laboring humilities, my few scrubbed pennies, hungry to grab, quick to deprive, sullen, unloved, mean-minded son of my flesh. Son! Son!"

不要再来碰我的伤疤，像你从前没有回来看过我似的,来看我的辛苦和谦卑，看我被掏得一干二净的钱袋，饿了抢，急了打，我亲生的没有感情，冷酷自私的儿子！“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选