Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

也许一个人受苦是好事。一个艺术家如果快乐,他能做些什么吗?他会想做点什么吗?到底什么是艺术,除了抗议生活中可怕的严酷之外?

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Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called 'real world' of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we must embrace, salute and support our poets.

诗歌本身毫无用处,它的存在本身就代表着对忙碌和赚钱的所谓“现实世界”的抗议,因此我们必须拥抱、致敬和支持我们的诗人。

This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

自古以来就是这样:如果你想做一些真正有价值和真实的事情,那么你就必须为此付出代价。

The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.

诺贝尔奖是一张自己葬礼的入场券。没有人在得到它之后做过任何事情。

Edge will be missed. It was an honor to share the ring with him, and compete against him.

边缘将被错过。能与他分享这枚戒指并与他竞争是一种荣誉。

I like rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool kind of way.

我喜欢有节奏的东西以一种很酷的方式相互碰撞。

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

承受太匆忙的惩罚,那是太少的速度。

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

唉,到了一定年龄,每个人都要对自己的容貌负责。