The modern state is characterized by its ability to concentrate and use power in a way that premodern states could not.

美洲的历史是如此超乎寻常的现实，以至于看起来像是虚构的。

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

The purpose of art is to make the soul visible.

最终，我们都会变成故事。