Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.

  • -- Joyce Carol Oates 乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨

智人是这样一种物种,他们发明符号来投入激情和权威,然后忘记符号是一种发明。

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I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.

我对人们选择的形状作为他们创造语言的符号很感兴趣。在所有的形式中都有一个基本的结构,用最少的线条表示整个对象,成为一个符号。这对所有的语言、所有的人、所有的时间都是一样的。

I can arrange all of these little symbols together to invoke emotions and ideas at a whim out of whosoever allows me to cast my spell. It does not take a man and a woman to create. It just takes a writer.

我可以把所有这些小符号组合在一起,在任何一个允许我施展魔法的人的心血来潮中激发情感和想法。它不需要一个男人和一个女人去创造。只需要一个作家。