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I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.

  • -- Mohsin Hamid 莫欣·哈米德

我花了六七年的时间写一些非常小的书。有一种简洁的美学。

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While a large segment of the art world has obsessed over a tiny number of stars and their prices, an aesthetic shift has been occurring. It's not a movement - movements are more sure of themselves. It's a change of mood or expectation, a desire for art to be more than showy effects, big numbers, and gamesmanship.

虽然艺术界的很大一部分人痴迷于少数明星及其价格，但审美观念正在发生转变。这不是一场运动——运动对自己更有信心。这是一种情绪或期望的改变，一种对艺术的渴望，不仅仅是炫目的效果、大数字和花招。

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It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

当像塔西佗一样，一个人有话要说时，简短地说几句话并不是什么伟大的艺术;然而，当一个人无话可说，却照样写了一整本书，把真相变成了一个说谎者——我称之为一种成就。

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To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation.

将生命的意义融入自然和艺术之中，使生命的享受意义成为生活的一部分，是一种审美的态度。

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Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

无论是参议员还是演说家，言简意赅都是最好的推荐。

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