Act for them, to them. Don't act as if they are just some bunch of Philistines out there who can't appreciate your art.

为他们表演，想他们表演，不要把它们当做俗气的人,所以不能欣赏你们的艺术。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

No offense to anyone who's in modern art, aficionado. Not my thing.

并不想冒犯现代艺术爱好者，但是我确实欣赏不了现代艺术。

喜欢毕加索吗？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Is art important enough to you that you'd be prepared to watch, look at a masterpiece, if you knew that while you were enjoying it you could die, ? but that wouldn't happen otherwise?

艺术有没有重要到,让你准备好去看，去欣赏一件杰作，如果你知道在欣赏它的时候可能会死，但如果不去欣赏就不会死？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Ok. I don't think I'm a modern art guy.

嗯，我想自己欣赏不了现代艺术。

喜欢毕加索吗？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人