The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.
当代……喜欢符号而不喜欢所指的事物,喜欢复制品而不喜欢原作,喜欢幻想而不喜欢现实,喜欢外表而不喜欢本质……因为在这些日子里,幻觉是神圣的,真理是亵渎的。
