What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special.

  • -- Stefon Harris 史提芬·哈利斯

我认为,当一种艺术形式变得模棱两可时,标准就会降低。你可以说任何东西都是爵士乐。所以我认为反思是什么让爵士乐如此特别是很重要的。

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It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin of which, however far back we penetrate into the records of the past, we do not probably trace its real source.

例如,令人感到好奇的是,对哲人之石的非凡传说进行反思,这是最古老和最普遍的信仰之一,它的起源,无论我们追溯到过去的记录中有多远,我们可能都无法找到它的真正来源。

I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating.

我没有什么特别的仪式,但我不会写小说,除非我有几个小时的时间。对我来说,我需要一段时间来适应一种真正集中注意力的模式。

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

如果你拥有的那一点点本身并无特别之处,至少要找到一种方式来表达它,那就是它有一点特别。

I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I am someone who enjoys change.

我不知道我的发型是否反映了这一点,但我是一个喜欢改变的人。