I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor.

  • -- Steven Pinker 史蒂文·平克

我认为这种困惑使知识分子和艺术家们自己相信,精英艺术和人文是人类努力的一种更高、更崇高的形式。

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Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.

然而,应该很明显,好的音乐通常比政治占据更高的层次。伟大的作家可以通过旋律表达情绪,捕捉我们分享的最强烈的经历——爱、欲望、渴望;快乐、愤怒、恐惧;胜利,渴望和困惑。

Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world.

家庭传统反对疏远和混乱。它们帮助我们定义我们是谁;在这个混乱的世界里,它们提供了稳定、可靠和安全的东西。

Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?

谁说艺术家应该出卖灵魂,暴露自己的一切?

Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course.

当然,我和很多不同的艺术家合作过。