Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable.

  • -- Charles Baudelaire 查尔斯·波德莱尔

现代性意味着短暂的、瞬息万变的、偶然的,艺术的一半是永恒的,另一半是不可改变的。

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For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards.

对我来说,它总是依赖于获得一种声音——这种声音总是暗示着它应该是什么样的旋律。所以它总是先发出声音,然后再发出声音。

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.

如果法律是一个坏的法律,你总是有采取行动的或有权利,否则你不会采取行动。

The destination is a happy life, an accomplished life that doesn't end with death but with eternal life.

目标是一个幸福的生活,一个有成就的生活,不是以死亡结束,而是以永生结束。

Eternal belongs to those who live in the present.

永恒属于活在当下的人。