My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

  • -- Pablo Picasso 毕加索

妈妈对我说:“如果你是一名士兵,你就会成为一名将军。”如果你是个和尚,你就会成为教皇。”相反,我是个画家,后来成了毕加索。

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This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.

在这个时刻,我们必须在开放市场创造的财富基础上再生产,更公平地分享这些财富带来的好处。贸易一直是我们增长和全球发展的基石。但是,如果这种增长只惠及少数人,而不是大多数人,我们将无法维持这种增长。

Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence.

毕加索对我的影响是如此之大,以至于当我开始画漫画的时候,我想我正在远离毕加索,甚至我画的毕加索漫画几乎都是为了摆脱他的影响。

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.

一切都开得最莽撞;如果是声音而不是颜色,就会有令人难以置信的尖叫声直冲夜空。

Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does.

我尽量不去想普通大众,因为我不知道普通大众是什么,我也不认为任何人知道。

Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius.

毕加索,米开朗基罗,可能是接近天才,但我不认为像伦勃朗这样的画家是天才。

I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.

我成为素食主义者是因为我看到了屠宰场和奶牛场真实情况的录像。

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

我长大后,人们说,‘你永远不会成为你父亲那样的人。我说,‘哎呀,我希望不会。’

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

直到你和佛教僧侣在黎明的完全寂静中聚会,你才会参加聚会。

Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.

毕加索仍在影响着我。当然,我没有那种精力和技巧。

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

我和教皇一样有权威,只是没有那么多人相信。

I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't.

我刚刚立了遗嘱,把我所有的和许多我没有的东西都给了他。

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

歌剧是一个人被背后捅了一刀,他没有死,而是唱歌。

If you stop at general math, you're only going to make general math money.

如果你只学普通数学,你只会赚普通数学的钱。

In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.

在最好的小说中,语言本身几乎是看不见的。

To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.

对士兵来说,运气只是技能的另一种说法。

Not everyone who has a cowl on is a monk.

不是每个戴兜帽的人都是和尚。

It takes a long time to become young.

年轻需要很长时间。

I would like to be Pope if I could.

如果可以的话,我想当教皇。