The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rhythm nor the voice that echoes it.
音乐家可以为你歌唱弥漫于整个空间的节奏,却不能给你捕捉那节奏的耳朵,也不能给你回应它的声音。
— Kahlil Gibran · The Prophet (1923) · On Teaching —