的确，人们中间流行着一种奇怪的观点，即房屋、山脉、河流，总之，所有感知对象，都具有超越其被理解感知之外的自然或真实存在。
It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men， that houses， mountains， rivers， and in a word all sensible objects， have an existence， natural or real， distinct from their being perceived by the understanding.
我变得疯狂，而在长时间的可怕清醒间歇中度日。
The function of art is to make us see things, not to make us agree with the artist.