I suppose that art is a manifestation of the sexual instinct.

我认为艺术也是性本能的一种流露。

Desire is the natural consequence of the sexual instinct and it isn't of any more importance than any other function of the human animal.

欲望是性本能的自然结果， 它并不比人类动物的任何其他功能更重要。

" Moralists try to persuade us that the sexual instinct hasn't got so very much to do with love. They're apt to speak of it as if it were an epiphenomenon" .

“道德家试图说服我们， 性本能与爱并没有太大关系。他们倾向于把它当作一种附带现象来谈论它” 。

The artist, painter, poet, or musician, by his decoration, sublime or beautiful, satisfies the aesthetic sense; but that is akin to the sexual instinct, and shares its barbarity: he lays before you also the greater gift of himself.

一个艺术家——画家也好，诗人也好，音乐家也好，用他的崇高的或者美丽的作品把世界装点起来，满足了人们的审美意识，但这也同人类的性本能不无相似的地方，都有其粗野狂暴的一面。在把作品奉献给世人的同时，艺术家也把他个人的伟大才能呈现到你眼前。