It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

失败并不可耻。失败是世界上最伟大的艺术之一。

It is not in life but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

自我实现不是在生活中，而是在艺术中。

It is not that Shakespeare's art is in technicolor and fancy, and that real life is black and white and tedious. The life that Shakespeare was living was the only life he had, and he had to use it to create what he was doing.

这并不是说莎士比亚的艺术是彩色和幻想，而现实生活是黑白和乏味的。莎士比亚的生活是他唯一的生活，他必须用它来创造他所做的。

It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.

现在是生活而不是艺术需要人们心甘情愿地停止怀疑。

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

只有拍卖师才能够平等、公正地欣赏所有的艺术流派。

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.

的确，许多艺术家都有精神疾病——说得委婉点，这种生活使人成为局外人。当我完全沉浸在工作中时，我就没事了，但我会一直保持半疯状态。

It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one's arms again.

真正的问题是结束这种沉默和孤独，重新呼吸和伸展双臂。

It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student.

正是这种有意识地决定他感兴趣的是什么，以及为什么感兴趣的能力，将艺术家与艺术系学生区分开来。

It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.

这是艺术的荣耀和好处，艺术仍然是一种说真话的可能方式，至少对我这样的人来说是这样。

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

艺术真正反映的是观众，而不是生活。

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

在创造性的表达和知识中唤醒快乐是教师的最高艺术。

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

只有通过艺术，而且只有通过艺术，我们才能实现我们的完美。

It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.

正是通过生活，我们发现了自己，同时也发现了周围的世界。

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

不幸的是，许多不真诚的文学和艺术，仅仅是为了达到目的而进行的，是通过欺骗公众而成功的。

It isn’t what he says that counts as a work of art, it’s what he makes with such intensity of perception that it lives with an intrinsic movement of its very own to verify the authenticity.

他所说的并不是一件艺术品，而是他用如此强烈的感知创作出来的，以至于它以一种内在的运动存在，来验证真伪。