A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily in any 'story' outside of itself – or else it belongs to the field of illustration.
一件绘画作品应该是美丽的，表现抽象的色彩和形式，不应该让我们对它本身以外的任何“故事”产生兴趣，否则它就属于插画领域。