It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.

  • -- David Hockney 大卫霍克尼

只相信艺术家的作品,而不相信他对自己作品的描述,这是一个很好的建议。

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No art is any good unless you can feel how it's put together. By and large it's the eye, the hand and if it's any good, you feel the body. Most of the best stuff seems to be a complete gesture, the totality of the artist's body; you can really lean on it.

没有艺术是好的,除非你能感觉到它是如何组合在一起的。总的来说,是眼睛,手,如果有任何好处,你会感觉到身体。大多数最好的东西似乎是一个完整的姿态,艺术家身体的整体;你真的可以依靠它。

I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing.

我担心我的技术水平已经提高到可以接近我的目标的程度,这不是一件好事。

What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself.

我读到的东西是如此扭曲,以至于我不能相信他们谈论的那个人就是我自己。

We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.

我们都愿意相信也许人们可以停止互相残杀。