Was he at heart an aesthete, happiest making music in beautiful buildings among works of art?

从本质上不一个唯美主义者，置身于华美的厅堂上，徜徉于艺术珍品之中，摆弄音乐，陶醉无比？

And conversely, there is an interior light that can transfigure forms that the pure aesthetician would regard as imperfect or downright ugly.

相反，有种灵的光芒可以把纯唯美主义者们认为有缺陷或简直丑陋的外形变得美好。

He turned into what Kierkegaard would call the aesthete — a man who has become hypersensitive to his potential, settling for nothing and only chasing bass pleasures and the momentarily interesting.

变成了克所说的那种唯美主义者——一个对自己潜力极度敏感的人，再也无法被满足，疯狂追求低级而短暂的欢愉。