我们的时代是专家的时代。过去,在机器尚未发明以前,人们当然也各有专门技艺,但那些技艺本身并不是分工很细的。一个从事绘画的人要能担起绘画方面的全部工作,他才算是一个画家。银匠、鞋匠和雕刻家的情况也是如此。但是,有了机器以后,情况就大不相同了。今天有各种专业工人和商人为画家准备好他 Our time is the era of experts. In the past, people certainly had their own special skills before the machine was invented, but those skills were not very subtle in their own right. He can be regarded as an artist only if one who is engaged in painting can afford all the painting work. The same is true of silversmiths, shoemakers and sculptors. However, with the machine, the situation is quite different. Today there are various professional workers and businessmen preparing him for the painter