If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.

  • -- Edward Hopper 爱德华·霍珀

如果说印象派画家的技术革新仅仅导致了对自然更准确的描绘,那么这也许对扩大他们的表达能力没有多大价值。

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The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's own, in one's relation to the tool, the material and the colors.

艺术家的艺术必须是他自己的艺术。它是……总是一连串的小发明,一个人自己的小技术发现,与工具,材料和颜色的关系。

Innovations never happen as planned.

创新从来不会按计划进行。