The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

  • -- Paul Gauguin 保罗·高更

现代艺术史也是一部艺术受众逐步流失的历史。艺术越来越受到艺术家的关注和公众的困惑。

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Our technologised society is becoming opaque. As technology becomes more ubiquitous and our relationship with digital devices ever more seamless, our technical infrastructure seems to be increasingly intangible.

我们的科技社会正变得不透明。随着技术变得越来越普遍,我们与数字设备的关系变得越来越无缝,我们的技术基础设施似乎越来越无形。

I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.

我喜欢经常与观众和一群有趣的人在一起。这就是我从小到大的经历——每周做电视节目。

The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge.

中世纪的大学回首过去;它自称是一个旧知识的仓库。现代大学向前看,是新知识的工厂。

Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy.

无论是突发奇想还是紧急情况,现代实验室同样可以为浪漫服务,同样可以用鱼雷或玩具来满足人类的需求。

What's sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good.

从某种程度上说,整个公共关系灾难的有趣之处在于,网络的基础非常好。

Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality.

我们对自然的认识日益受到科学发展的影响。它们已经成为我们对现实形象的决定性因素。

I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do.

我是一个可怕的视觉艺术家。我不会修车、缝纫、编织、做饭等。从数据上看,我不做的事情比我做的还多。

I think probably the one trait that would concern me about brother Bing would be his lack of responsibility.

我想也许宾兄弟的一个特点会让我担心,那就是他缺乏责任感。

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

艺术家唯一关心的是追求某种完美,而且是按照他自己的方式,而不是别人的方式。

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

任何艺术家都应该感激一种天真无邪的优雅,这种优雅使他不需要精心推理。

I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.

我从来没有希望我的两个孩子都能成为演员。我希望他们做点别的。

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

如果所有的事情都有可以原谅的地方,那么也有可以谴责的地方。

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

诚实是件好事,但做对也很重要。

In life every effort is marked down at the end as a win or a loss.

在生活中,每一次努力最后都会被记下来,要么成功,要么失败。

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

总是让观众遭受尽可能多的痛苦。

If I lose show business - I'll really be an orphan!

如果我失去演艺圈,我真的会变成孤儿!

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

成为剧作家是一种启蒙。

Prayer in private results in boldness in public.

在私底下祷告,结果在公开场合大胆。

Progressive rock was happening.

进步摇滚正在发生。