An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a critique of life: it names, it characterizes, it passes judgment, in that it creates.

  • -- Thomas Mann 托马斯·曼

一种以语言为媒介的艺术总是会表现出高度的批判性创造性,因为语言本身就是对生活的一种批判:它通过创造来命名、描述、评判。

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Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because there's no one else in the room to tell me, 'That's really not translating. I'm not getting what you're saying.' So, I'm constantly rewriting it, thinking, 'No, that's fine,' and going back.

独自写作,我把它扩展得更广。我会花更多的时间在一首歌上。我对此更加挑剔,因为房间里没有其他人告诉我,‘这真的不是翻译。我不明白你在说什么。所以,我不断地重写它,心里想着,‘不,没关系,’然后就回去了。

We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to keep it going.

我们都是从这个媒介开始的,因为它的魔力和挑战是保持它继续下去。

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

随着年龄的增长,人对自己的批评会越来越多,对别人的批评会越来越少。