The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

  • -- Woody Allen 伍迪·艾伦

艺术家的工作不是屈服于绝望,而是为存在的空虚找到解药。

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Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.

绝望是那些不了解罪恶的根源,看不到出路,也没有能力斗争的人的典型特征。现代工业无产阶级不属于这类阶级。

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.

他被几百年的重压压弯了腰,倚着锄头,凝视着地面,脸上显出岁月的空虚,背上背着世界的重担。

greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.

最大的伪装不是为了隐藏我们内心的邪恶和丑陋,而是我们的空虚。最难隐藏的是那些不存在的东西。

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

傲慢不应使我们忽视那些对我们来说很容易的事情,绝望也不应使我们在困难面前失去勇气。