It turns into something durable that will outlast them. So, the problem with art is in a sense that it is immortal.

那么，它让事物脱离它本身而,永存，那么，艺术的问题在于它的永恒。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It's almost as if the entire point of a pastoral is that it is set in a world that neither the urbane poet nor the urbane reader has actually any real experience with.

似乎田园诗的全部意义就在于它的背景设在田园,而不管是都市诗人还是都市读者,都没有任何实际的田园经历。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

We get a check for the Cheetos as well, but only because we're trained to believe that one tastes good and the other one doesn't, because in different cultures it would be the reverse.

我们还是选奇多作为食品,但选择的原因仅在于,所受的教育,告诉我们它好吃,而蟑螂不好吃,在不同的文化中情况可能是相反的

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