What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

  • -- Walter Horatio Pater 佩特

因此,重要的不是评论家应该对智慧的美有一个正确的抽象定义,而是一种气质,一种被美的存在深深打动的力量。

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The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it

智慧人的智慧,如同镜子。它接受天光并反射它

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

思想是智力的劳动,幻想是其乐趣。

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

艺术气质是折磨业余爱好者的疾病。

Few artists can afford artistic temperament.

很少有艺术家能负担得起艺术气质。