The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.

  • -- Ursula K. Le Guin 娥苏拉·勒瑰恩

艺术家处理无法用语言表达的东西。以小说为媒介的艺术家是用文字来表达的。小说家用语言表达了无法用语言表达的东西。

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Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

如果让我简单地定义一下艺术这个词,我应该把它叫做“透过灵魂的面纱,感官在自然中感知到的东西的再现”。“仅仅是对自然界的模仿,无论多么准确,都不能赋予人‘艺术家’的神圣称号。”

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

不要去想那些赞美你言行的忠信的人;而是那些善意地责备你过错的人。

Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don't function for what things aren't.

语言可以很好地表达事物的本来面目,但有时却不能表达事物的本来面目。

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

这位艺术家是一个不能支付他的闲暇费用的悠闲阶层的成员。

When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.

当我写作时,我感觉自己像一个没有胳膊,没有腿的人,嘴里叼着一支蜡笔。

Writing is the continuation of politics by other means.

写作是政治的另一种延续。