The genuine artist is never "true to life." He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life.

  • -- Wallace Stevens 华莱士·史蒂文斯

真正的艺术家从不“忠于生活”。他看到的是真实的,但不像我们通常意识到的那样。我们不会像戏剧里的演员那样在生活中暴跳如雷。艺术从来不是真实的生活。

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The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.

最好的艺术家只有大理石外壳里的那种思想;雕刻家的手只能解除咒语,把沉睡在石头里的人解救出来。

That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.

也就是说,一个创作了大量作品的艺术家可能会经历多产的日子和缓慢的日子。

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

心总是先看见,头脑才看得见。

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

眼睛能看到它带来的力量。