The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 2
No artist has ethical sympathies.
Kein Künstler hat ethische Sympathien.
An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.
Eine ethische Sympathie in einem Künstler ist ein unverzeihlicher Manierismus des Stils.
No artist is ever morbid.
Kein Künstler ist jemals morbide.
The artist can express everything.
Der Künstler kann alles ausdrücken.
Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art.
Gedanke und Sprache sind für den Künstler Instrumente einer Kunst.
Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art.
Laster und Tugend sind für den Künstler Materialien einer Kunst.
From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician.
Vom Standpunkt der Form aus ist der Typus aller Künste die Kunst des Musikers.
From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type.
Vom Standpunkt des Gefühls aus ist das Handwerk des Schauspielers der Typus.
All art is at once surface and symbol.
Alle Kunst ist zugleich Oberfläche und Symbol.
Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
Wer unter die Oberfläche geht, tut dies auf eigene Gefahr.
Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
Wer das Symbol liest, tut dies auf eigene Gefahr.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Es ist der Betrachter und nicht das Leben, das die Kunst wirklich spiegelt.
Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.
Meinungsverschiedenheiten über ein Kunstwerk zeigen, dass das Werk neu, komplex und lebendig ist.
When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.
Wenn Kritiker uneinig sind, ist der Künstler mit sich selbst im Einklang.
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it.
Wir können einem Mann verzeihen, dass er etwas Nützliches herstellt, solange er es nicht bewundert.
The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
Die einzige Entschuldigung dafür, etwas Nutzloses herzustellen, ist, dass man es innig bewundert.
All art is quite useless.
Alle Kunst ist völlig nutzlos.
Vocabulary
- Kein
- No; not a; not any
- Künstler
- Artist; person who creates artistic works
- hat
- Has; auxiliary verb (present tense)
- ethische
- Ethical; moral; relating to ethics
- Sympathien
- Sympathies; feelings of compassion or agreement
- Eine
- A; an; feminine indefinite article
- Sympathie
- Sympathy; compassion; fellow feeling
- in
- In; inside; within; during
- einem
- A; one; in a (dative masculine)
- ist
- Is; third person singular present of sein
- ein
- A; an; one; indefinite article
- unverzeihlicher
- Unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
- des
- Of the; genitive article (masculine/neuter)
- Stils
- Style; manner; distinctive way of expression
- jemals
- Ever; at any time; once
- Der
- The; masculine definite article
- kann
- Can; is able to; may
- alles
- Everything; all things; anything
- ausdrücken
- To express; to convey; to articulate
- Gedanke
- Thought; idea; notion; concept
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- Sprache
- Language; speech; means of communication
- sind
- Are; plural present tense of sein
- für
- For; in favor of; intended for
- den
- The; accusative masculine or dative plural
- Instrumente
- Instruments; tools; implements; means
- einer
- A; an; one; feminine or dative
- Kunst
- Art; creative work; skill; technique
- Tugend
- Virtue; moral excellence; good quality
- Materialien
- Materials; substance; matter used in creation
- Vom
- From the; contraction of von dem
- Standpunkt
- Standpoint; viewpoint; perspective; point of view
- aus
- Out of; from; away; outside
- Form
- Form; shape; structure; outward appearance
- aller
- All; of all; plural genitive
- Künste
- Arts; plural of Kunst; creative disciplines
- die
- The; feminine or plural definite article
- Musikers
- Musician's; of the musician; possessive form
- Gefühls
- Feeling's; of the feeling; genitive
- das
- The; neuter definite article; that
- Handwerk
- Craft; trade; manual skill; workmanship
- Schauspielers
- Actor's; of the actor; possessive genitive
- Alle
- All; everyone; all people; all things
- zugleich
- At the same time; simultaneously; together
- Oberfläche
- Surface; outer layer; superficial aspect
- Symbol
- Symbol; sign; representation; emblem
- Wer
- Who; whoever; anyone who; the one
- unter
- Under; beneath; below; among; between
- geht
- Goes; walks; is happening; proceeds
- tut
- Does; acts; makes; performs action
- dies
- This; this thing; this one; that
- auf
- On; onto; up; open; at
- eigene
- Own; one's own; personal; self
- Gefahr
- Danger; peril; risk; hazard; threat
- liest
- Reads; present tense third person singular
- Es
- It; this; that; impersonal pronoun
- Betrachter
- Observer; viewer; beholder; spectator
- nicht
- Not; no; negation of statement
- Leben
- Life; living; existence; animate beings
- wirklich
- Really; actually; truly; in reality
- spiegelt
- Reflects; mirrors; shows; displays
- über
- About; over; above; concerning; across
- Kunstwerk
- Artwork; work of art; artistic creation
- zeigen
- To show; to display; to demonstrate
- dass
- That; conjunction introducing subordinate clause
- Werk
- Work; product; creation; artistic piece
- neu
- New; fresh; recent; novel; modern
- komplex
- Complex; complicated; intricate; multifaceted
- lebendig
- Lively; alive; living; vivid; animated
- Wenn
- If; when; whenever; in case that
- Kritiker
- Critic; person who judges; reviewer
- mit
- With; by means of; in company
- sich
- Oneself; himself; herself; itself; themselves
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