The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

  • -- John Cage 约翰·凯奇

我问自己的第一个问题是,当某样东西看起来不漂亮时,为什么我认为它不漂亮。很快你就会发现没有理由。

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After that I could never pass a dead man without stopping to gaze on his face, stripped by death of that earthly patina which masks the living soul. And I would ask, who were you? Where was your home? Who is mourning for you now?

从那以后,我每经过一个死人,总要停下来看看他的脸,他的脸已被死亡剥去了掩盖活人灵魂的世俗的古铜色。我会问,你是谁?你的家在哪里?现在谁在为你哀悼?

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.

我的工作就是问问题——过去总是这样——并尽可能无情地问问题。并以某种谦卑的态度面对缺乏精确答案的情况。