It may even be that movies have superseded novels not because Americans have grown dumber but because the novel is an obsolete artistic technology.

因此最可能的情况是，电影已经淘汰了小说，并不是因为美国人更笨了，而是小说是一种过时的艺术形式了。

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Iconoclasts create new opportunities in every area from artistic expression to technology to business.

从艺术表达到技术再到商业，打破传统的人在各个领域创造了新的机会。

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Some argue it turned Hollywood into a commercial beast with no regard for artistic merit. Star Wars, it is said, used technology that undermined fundamental principles of acting.

有人指责它将好莱坞变成了一个不尊重艺术价值的商业怪兽，星战中使用的高科技技术破坏了最基本的表演原则。

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Technology injected into the artistic process improves both.

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You may not agree with the specific artistic choices he made, but if you are in information technology, he is probably the reason you are consciously thinking of artistic choices at all.

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Scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found that men who participate in artistic activities are less likely to suffer from depression.

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