When the purse strings tighten up at museums, the institutions usually cut back and cancel shows. That's exactly the wrong reaction. In fact, now is a good time for them to loosen up - a chance to breathe and experiment a little - and go for the juicy solution lurking in their own basements.

  • -- Jerry Saltz 杰瑞·萨特茨

当博物馆的钱包收紧时,这些机构通常会削减开支,取消展览。这完全是错误的反应。事实上,现在正是他们放松的好时机——呼吸的机会,尝试一下——去寻找藏在地下室里的汁液。

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Many museums are drawing audiences with art that is ostensibly more entertaining than stuff that just sits and invites contemplation. Interactivity, gizmos, eating, hanging out, things that make noise - all are now the norm, often edging out much else.

许多博物馆用艺术吸引观众,表面上看,这些艺术作品比坐着让人沉思的东西更有趣。互动性、小发明、吃东西、出去玩、制造噪音——这些都是现在的常态,经常会挤掉很多其他的东西。

If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling the strings, then it can be very stressful. And nature itself is very arbitrary - it's not malevolent or benevolent; it doesn't even know we're here.

如果你不相信有什么组织原则,或者天空中有人在幕后操纵,那就会非常有压力。自然本身是非常武断的——它不是恶意的,也不是仁慈的;它甚至不知道我们在这里。

I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.

我开始在吉他上做各种奇怪的东西,这成为我演奏的一部分。我开始做和声,弹吉他,拉弦,做所有这些以前没人做过的奇怪的事情。

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

不要害怕把你最好的给那些看起来很小的工作。每次你征服了一个,它就会让你变得更强大。如果你把小事情做好,大事情往往会自己解决。

The number of great museums and nonprofits versus the number of corporate headquarters is incredibly out of whack.

大型博物馆和非营利组织的数量与公司总部的数量相比,简直是天壤之别。

He had a cheekiness bordering at times on nail-file abrasive.

他的厚脸皮有时近乎磨指甲。