A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.

  • -- V. S. Naipaul V.S.奈保尔

一个已经统治世界的文明不能说正在消亡。

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We are the most powerful nation in the world, but we're not the only nation in the world. We are not the only people in the world. We are an important people, the wealthiest, the most powerful and, to a great extent, generous. But we are part of the world.

我们是世界上最强大的国家,但我们不是世界上唯一的国家。我们不是世界上唯一的民族。我们是一个重要的民族,最富有、最强大,而且在很大程度上慷慨大方。但我们是世界的一部分。

I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way.

我真的不确定我的艺术传达了什么社会信息,如果有的话。我不想让它带一个。我对这个主题不感兴趣,我不想教社会什么,也不想让我们的世界变得更好。

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

城市一直是文明的壁炉,那里的光和热辐射到黑暗中。

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

只有当一个文明的神被毁灭时,这个文明才会被毁灭。