But frankly, I'm convinced, insofar as I'm convinced of anything, that if one doesn't live by that, nothing of any interest is going to happen.

不过，坦率来讲，我相信，或者说，我确信，如果一个人不相信这一点，那么他的艺术创作只会平淡无奇。

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Or, and this is the same: in his unconscious, every one of us is convinced of his immortality.

或者这样说也一样，潜意识里，每个人都相信自己是永生的。

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