A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

犯错误的一生不仅比无所事事的一生更光荣，而且更有用。

A line is a dot that went for a walk.

直线是一个去散步的点。

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

如果艺术中固有的困难能给人以灵感，那么人就是诗人;如果他们剥夺了他的思想，他就不是诗人。

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

一个人画画是用他的头脑，而不是用他的手。

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

用手作工的，就是作工的。一个用手和大脑工作的人是一个工匠;但是一个用双手、头脑和心灵工作的人是一个艺术家。

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

没有野心的人是死的。一个有野心但没有爱的人是死的。在这个世界上，一个对自己的祝福充满雄心和爱心的人是如此的充满活力。

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

一个人的作品不过是一次缓慢的跋涉，通过艺术的弯路，重新发现那两三个伟大而简单的形象，在他们面前，他的心第一次打开了。

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

电影明星不是艺术家，他是一个艺术品。

A novel is no different than graffiti in a bathroom stall, it's just more pretentious.

小说和厕所隔间里的涂鸦没什么不同，只不过更装腔作势罢了。

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

画家应该在每幅画布上都以一抹黑色作为开始，因为自然界中所有的东西都是黑暗的，除了被光线照射的地方。

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.

博物馆里的一幅画听到的荒谬言论比世界上任何东西都多。

A painting that is well composed is half finished.

构图好的画，完成了一半。

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

照片是关于秘密的秘密。它告诉你的越多，你知道的就越少。

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

人们通常看照片——很少看照片。

A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.

摄影师就像一条鳕鱼，为了让自己成熟，它会产下一百万个蛋。