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The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.

  • -- Lascelles Abercrombie 阿伯克龙比激光束

史诗诗人的背后有着物质的传统和文体的传统;这也是其他所有诗人都有的东西;只是，对于史诗诗人来说，传统要狭隘得多，要严格得多。

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The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics.

传统的数学家看到数学的优雅时，会承认并欣赏它。我建议更进一步，认为优雅是数学的一个基本要素:如果它笨拙，它就不是数学。

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I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point of view, radically different from the last.

我想这其中也包含了刻意改变的因素。至少在我看来，我的每一本书都与上一本书截然不同。

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The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

诗人把自己暴露在危险之中。所有关于诗歌的论述，所有关于诗歌的知识，都只是部分的保证。

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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

没有传统，艺术就像一群羊没有牧人。没有创新，它就是一具尸体。

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