The notion that art should be controlled by intellectuals sickened him.

艺术应该由知识分子掌控的观念使他很厌恶。

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They believed that art should be divorced from politics.

他们认为艺术应该与政治分开。

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He quickly realized that art was his real passion.

他很快意识到，艺术才是他真正的激情所在。

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He decided that art would be his life goal and soon changed his name to Mister Imagination.

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Because certainly there is a theory that art's main function is to provide succor and solace in this "vail of tears". -Right.

因为确实有一种理论认为艺术的主要,功能是提供帮助与安慰,因为世界纷繁而痛苦，-对的。

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they think that art isn't something that's really necessary to their lives

他们觉得艺术对于他们的人生也不是必要的，

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Some are griping already that art is being given only a limited offering during the games.

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During medical training, that art can get lost in the demands of mastering the science.

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Let people vote on what they like and then bring that art to the museum.

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