While restoring the timepieces made by his idol Breguet in the 19th century, he had made two clocks in the same style, just to prove he could beat the master.

在修复他的偶像Breguet制作于19世纪的座钟的同时，他还制作了两台同样风格的座钟，仅仅为了证明他可以战胜这位制表大师。

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One would "do anything" for a master or an idol.

一个人会为主人或偶像“做任何事”。

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His mentor and idol for many years, the modern movement's austere and elegant master, Mies van der Rohe, once famously said that you can't invent a new architecture every Monday morning, but that would have suited Philip Johnson's restless mind perfectly.

WSJ: Philip Johnson: Short of Attention Span, Long on Aesthetics