No, I mean the responsibility of art, I think, to try to be equal to the world.

因为我认为艺术的责任，是与世界相媲美。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

involves an awkward collision of different artistic modes and entirely distinct planes of reality.

这对于约翰逊的影响牵扯到不同艺术模式的怪异碰撞,以及和现实世界的完全脱离。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

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。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Now I want to really clarify for you what I mean by this term "modernism." It just means the art and literature of the early twentieth century, especially the "high art," although its roots are definitely in the nineteenth century, especially the French nineteenth century, fiction and poetry.

现在我特别想向大家解释清楚,“现代主义“到底是什么意思，它其实就是指,20世界早期的艺术和文学作品，特别是高雅艺术“,尽管它起源于19世纪，特别是19世纪法国的小说和诗歌。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Knowledge, all the arts and sciences, literature, all of the religious writings of the world are manifestations of that voice that at its origin is God saying, "Let there be light." It's the voice of creation.

只是，所有的艺术，科学，文学，所有世界上宗教的写作的开端,都是上帝的声音，让光明普照世界。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选