There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

  • -- John Cage 约翰·凯奇

没有空的空间或空的时间。总有一些东西可以看,一些东西可以听。事实上,尽管我们尽力保持沉默,但我们做不到。

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Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time we are longing to move the stars to pity.

人类的语言就像一只裂开的水壶,我们在上面敲出曲调,让熊跟着跳舞,而我们却一直渴望让星星怜悯。

If you don't understand my silence, how will you understand my words ?

如果你不懂我的沉默,你怎么能懂我的话?

There is no virtue in the herb that is not got in time.

没有及时得到的美德是不存在的。

That man’s silence is wonderful to listen to.

那个人的沉默很好听。