Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

  • -- Amy Lowell 艾米·洛威尔

艺术是一个人表达自己的欲望,记录他的个性对他所生活的世界的反应。

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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

一个高尚的人用一种高于自己的思想来比较和估计自己;一个卑鄙的人,比他自己还卑鄙。一个产生抱负;另一种野心,是一个庸俗的人所追求的。

For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual.

因为劳动分工要求个人取得越来越片面的成就,而片面追求的最大进步往往意味着缺乏个人的个性。

I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

我喜欢挑战,创造真正的现代服装,在那里一个女人的个性和自我意识被揭示。我想让人们看到裙子,但要关注女人。

There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.

有那么一瞬间,一个人的思想、灵魂和精神的全部通过他的眼睛、他的手和他的态度反映出来。这是一个值得记录的时刻。

I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this.

我听说过小说开始于中间,结束于结尾,以补丁的形式写出来,然后再把它们拼接在一起,但我从来没有想过要这么做。

The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses.

当企业听到协同效应的警笛声,开始向核心业务以外扩张时,似乎最容易产生再造的愿望。

Men like to squash you. I just want someone who's happy with himself, happy with his life. He doesn't have to squash mine.

男人喜欢压扁你。我只想要一个对自己满意的人,对自己的生活满意的人。他不需要压扁我的。

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.

阿公路,我说回来我不怕离开你,但我爱你,你表达我比我能表达自己。

Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.

仅仅因为人们可以通过他们的艺术表达自己并不意味着他们是伟大的交流者。

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.

世界很少像它看起来的那样;对于看不清的人来说,现实是梦,梦是现实。

Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality.

反社会行为仍然在摧残生命,破坏社区,并为犯罪提供了途径。

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them.

与其说文化产业适应了顾客的反应,不如说它在伪造顾客的反应。

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

艺术家的进步是不断的自我牺牲,是个性的不断消亡。

The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

一个人越没有安全感,就越有可能产生极端的偏见。

The reactions of the many should not affect the actions of the few.

多数人的反应不应影响少数人的行动。

I got me a hit record and I ain't never made a cent from it.

我的唱片很畅销,但我从来没有从中赚过一分钱。

I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

我必须想出如何把世界融入我的工作。

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

我们开创了无风险的生活,什么都不发生。

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

在我的第一张唱片中,我从未排除过任何类型的音乐。

A good person in the worst sense of the word.

一个世界上最糟糕的好人。