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But the artists focused on what is working on the light, on the human potential and paved the way the Renaissance. It all started with arts.
但畫家專注于一束光這個好現象上，專注在人的潛力上，為文藝復興奠定基礎，一切從藝術開始
Or in 18th and 19th century, Romantics.
又如在18、19世紀，浪漫主義
Beethoven or Victor Hugo. They encountered a harsh reality.
貝多芬或雨果，他們都遭遇很悲慘的困境
But they focused also on heroic, on the great, on the human potential.
但他們專注于崇高偉大的事業上，專注于人的潛力上
Aristotle once said, that "fiction is more important than history."
亞里士多德曾經說過，"小說比歷史更重要"
Because history depicts life as it is, where the fiction depicts life as it can or ought to be. As it can or ought to be.
因為歷史只是一五一十地描述生活，而小說則是描述對生活的憧憬。對生活的憧憬
The human potential. And that paved the way to much higher levels of freedom and equality in the world. Or 1930s' America.
人的潛力。這為世界上更高層次的自由和平等奠定了基礎，又如上世紀30年代的美國
In many ways the heyday of Hollywood were directors like Cukor, Capra, Sturges,
很大程度上，好萊塢鼎盛時期的導演丘克、卡普拉、斯特奇斯
created masterworks during a time when there was Great Depression.
正是在大蕭條時期拍出他們的代表作
And people used to go to the cinema and watched these films to inspire them and helped them get through
人們會去電影院看這些電影，鼓勵他們，幫助他們度過
the difficult time — it was also between the two, you know, the Great War and the WWII. Difficult time in the world.
困難時期，這段時期同時也正好是一戰和二戰中間，全世界都陷入困境
World recovering and then plunging into another war.
正在復原的世界突然又陷入另一場大戰
And yet the artists continued to inspire.
但這些藝術家還是不停地鼓勵人們
Not ignoring what is not working. Not ignoring, but improving. That, by the way, is my favorite movie, Sullivan's Travels.
他們并非無視問題，而是在改善。這是我最愛的電影《蘇利文的旅行》
