思想的任务不是再现现实,而是回应存在的召唤。
The most powerful art is often the most ambiguous.
The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.
Music connects people in ways nothing else can.
If something fails where you thought it would fail, that is not a failure.