It turns into something durable that will outlast them. So, the problem with art is in a sense that it is immortal.

那么，它让事物脱离它本身而,永存，那么，艺术的问题在于它的永恒。

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And it gives us an very nice analogy of somebody whose, you know, a coat which could outlast the owner, but it isn't immortal.

他给了我们一个很好的类比,某人的大衣可以,比它的主人存在更久，但它并不是不朽的。

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