It rarely adds
anything to say, ''In my opinion'' --not even modesty.
Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not
the Pope.
--
Opinions
For mankind,
speech with a capital S is especially meaningful and
committing, more than the content communicated. The outcry
of the newborn and the sound of the bells are fraught with
mystery more than the baby's woeful face or the venerable
tower.
--
Speech
When a village
ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its
narrow conformity. So one becomes an individual and migrates
to the city. There, finding others like-minded, one
re-establishes a village community. Nowadays only New
Yorkers are yokels.
--
Town And Country
To translate,
one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the
translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from
the process of artistically thinking through and molding the
sentences; they cannot be reconstituted by piecemeal
imitation. The problem of translation is to retreat to a
simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this
to one's author.
--
Translation
Paul Goodman
1911-1972, American Author, Poet, Critic |
