My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.

  • -- Wole Soyinka 黄豆

通过阅读诗歌作家的作品,看一幅画,听一些音乐,听一些歌剧,我对人性的视野得到了扩大,而这些都与动荡不安的人类状况或斗争无关。它丰富了我作为一个人。

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The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity is just amazing which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being.

问题是,我不相信大部分已经做过的事情。在平庸中投入的大量金钱和想象力是惊人的,我发现这从根本上是对一个人的冒犯。

And I'm as attached to my wife as anybody can be to another human being.

我对我妻子的感情就像任何人对另一个人的感情一样。