Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.

  • -- Charles Baudelaire 查尔斯·波德莱尔

现代性是短暂的,稍纵即逝的,偶然的;它是艺术的一半,另一半是永恒的、不可改变的。

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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.

现代性是短暂的、瞬息万变的、偶然的,构成了艺术的一半,而另一半则是永恒的、不可改变的。这一瞬息万变、瞬息万变的因素决不能轻视或忽视。

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.

我有时认为,自由的代价与其说是永远的警惕,不如说是永远的肮脏。

Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.

现代社会已经用法律术语取代了道德规范,法律可以通过一个好的律师来驾驭。

Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.

艺术不可能是现代的。艺术最初是永恒的。