An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a critique of life: it names, it characterizes, it passes judgment, in that it creates.

  • -- Thomas Mann 托马斯·曼

一种以语言为媒介的艺术总是会表现出高度的批判性创造性,因为语言本身就是对生活的一种批判:它通过创造来命名、描述、评判。

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The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science.

现代思维在精神上越来越具有批判性和分析性,因此它必须为自己设计一种表达引擎,这种引擎在任何一点上都是逻辑上站得住脚的,而且往往与现代科学的严谨精神相对应。

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

当涉及到生活的时候,最重要的是你是把事情当做理所当然,还是怀着感激之情去对待它们。

I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.

我从来没有说过我偏爱一种媒介而不是另一种。

I think of us as journalists; the medium we work in is blogging.

我认为我们是记者;我们工作的媒介是博客。