Like the moon, Satan may look beautiful, but upon a closer scrutiny that beauty begins to yield certain metaphysical flaws.

像月亮那样，撒旦看起来非常美好，但是近看,就会发现这份美丽开始显露出一些抽象的瑕疵。

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And I'm just wondering how you respond to that, what is the response of you, because of the pain of the world, and because somehow it is irresponsible to put out art that is not beautiful.

我想知道，您的回应是什么，您对这种观点怎么看，因为我们身边有太多的痛苦,而摒弃那些不美丽的艺术又有些不负责任。

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