乔布斯传之节选17

Cinderella

from Chapter 17

“It’s rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing,” Jobs said wistfully to the writer David Sheff, who published a long and intimate interview in Playboy the month he turned thirty. “Of course, there are some people who are innately curious, forever little kids in their awe of life, but they’re rare.” The interview touched on many subjects, but Jobs’s most poignant ruminations were about growing old and facing the future:

               Your thoughts construct patterns like scaffolding in your mind. You are really etching chemical patterns. In most cases, people get stuck in those patterns, just like grooves in a record, and they never get out of them.

        I’ll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I’ll sort of have the thread of my life and the thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a few years when I’m not there, but I’ll always come back. . . .

        If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away.

        The more the outside world tries to reinforce an image of you, the harder it is to continue to be an artist, which is why a lot of times, artists have to say, “Bye. I have to go. I’m going crazy and I’m getting out of here.” And they go and hibernate somewhere. Maybe later they re-emerge a little differently.
 
With each of those statements, Jobs seemed to have a premonition that his life would soon be changing. Perhaps the thread of his life would indeed weave in and out of the thread of Apple’s. Perhaps it was time to throw away some of what he had been. Perhaps it was time to say “Bye, I have to go,” and then reemerge later, thinking differently.

Liang恋

“一个艺术家，在他三四十岁的时候仍然能够致力于一项了不起的事业，这是十分罕见的。”乔布斯充满渴望地对作家大卫·谢夫说道。大卫于乔布斯将满30岁的那个月在花花公子杂志上发表了一个长篇私人采访报导。“当然，有些人天生好奇心就很强，一生都像个小孩子，但这样的人是很少见的。”这次采访触及了许多话题，其中乔布斯对于成长变老以及面向未来的思索是最深刻、最切中要害的。

    “你的思维在构筑模式，正如在你脑海中形成条条框框一般。这些化学模式的确深入人心。在多数情况下，正如黑胶唱片的纹路难以清除一样，人们再也无法摆脱这些定式思维的影响。

     一直以来我都与苹果公司保持着某种联系。我希望在我的一生中，我的命运之线与苹果的命运之线能够相互交织，如同织锦一般。或许有那么些年我不在苹果，但我总是会回来的。

     如果你想如一个艺术家一样以一种创造性的方式生活，你必须少回顾过去。你必须能够将你已经获得的成就抛诸脑后，忘掉那个曾经的你。

     外界越是强化你的某一形象，你就越难以继续作为一名艺术家生活。这也就是为什么艺术家们常常会说，“再见，我得走了。我快疯了，我得逃离这个地方了。”然后，他们走了，隐居到不为人知的某个地方。或许之后他们会再次出现，但已经有所不同了。”

     这些言语似乎表明乔布斯已经预见到他的生命即将发生改变。或许他的命运之线的确与苹果的命运之线相互交织，或许现在正是他抛开过去的时候了。或许是时候他说“再见，我必须走了”，然后再度出现，以全新的视角思考问题。

梦溪

“你很难看到一个三四十岁的艺术家会真的创造一些令人称奇的作品。”乔布斯睿智地对作家大卫。谢夫说。后者在三十岁的那个月里《花花公子》发表了一篇长长的私人报道。“当然有些人天赋好奇心，在整个人生中能一直保持着童真的，确实挺少的。”这个采访涉及到很多领域，但最让乔布斯深刻反思的痛楚在于慢慢变老和面对未来。

    “你有无数个想法构建了你的思维。就像是在雕刻纹路，大多数情况下，人们困在那些如唱片上迂回曲折的纹路里，永远出不来”
   
     “我会一直跟苹果公司呆在一起。我希望穷尽一生，都能将自己生的每一个针脚与苹果公司的针线，像挂毯上的纹路一样，编织穿插在一起。也许，我会离开一些年，但我一定会回来的。”

     “如果你相像一位艺术家样过着创意的生活，那你就不要老是回头看。你得接受自己所做之事，接受你自己，然后把它们统统丢掉。”
  
     “外界世界强加于你的越多，你会越便称为一个艺术家。这便是很多时候艺术家说，‘再见，我必须得走了，我要疯了，我要离开这儿。’然后他们要去找个地方蛰伏起来。许久之后她们可能再次出现，却与以前不同了。”

     “从这些观点看来，乔布斯似乎已经预料到他的生活不久之后将发生变化。也许是他生活的点滴与苹果公司确实交织在一起，或许是时候扔掉它已有的某些东西了，抑或是时候说‘再见，我得走了。’然后再出现，却与以前不同了。”