The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

  • -- Gertrude Stein 格特鲁德·斯坦

当代的艺术和文学并没有给那一代人带来足够的改变,让他们可以接受或拒绝它。

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When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.

当我阅读伟大的文学作品、伟大的戏剧、演讲或布道时,我觉得人类的心灵除了通过语言来分享情感和思想外,没有取得任何更大的成就。

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

每一代人都想要新的符号,新的人,新的名字。他们想和他们的前辈们离婚。

And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.

而且文学作品经常上升到使其国际化的高度。

My generation is now the door to memory. That is why I am remembering.

我们这一代人现在是通往记忆的大门。这就是为什么我在回忆。