It often seems to me that art conceals the artist far more completely than it ever reveals him.

在我看来，艺术往往比它所揭示的艺术家更完全地隐藏了他。

It only becomes art if it touches other people.

只有接触到他人，它才会成为艺术。

It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art.

很多年轻人似乎没有耐心去创作，他们不等别人叫他们艺术家，而只是简单地宣称自己是艺术家。

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

在我看来，歌剧和其他任何艺术一样，都是一门具有表现力的艺术。

It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments.

在我看来，许多作家，由于文化、艺术和教育的环境，由于他们所处的环境而潜移默化地写作。

It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.

它是公共艺术，被定义为不花钱的专家购买的艺术。

It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no one necessarily knows what you mean by it anyway.

以这种方式拥有如此个人化的东西是很奇怪的，但艺术的好处是，没人一定知道你说的艺术是什么意思。

It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.

不管你或其他人能做什么，它都会和你在一起，或好或坏。

It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once.

这将是一种卑微的艺术，它允许自己立刻被理解。

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.

科学地描述一切是可能的，但这毫无意义;它没有任何意义，就像你把贝多芬的交响乐描述为波压的变化一样。

It's a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it's pretty amazing.

南部非洲是个大熔炉。你会发现这些文化碰撞产生了艺术和音乐，这非常令人惊奇。

It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

遗憾的是，一个人无法想象自己无法与任何事物相比。天才是一个梦想下雪的非洲人。

It's a shame because we experienced probably the greatest thing - in art, in pop - we'll ever do. And it would be good to sit around and talk about it.

这是一个遗憾，因为我们经历了可能是最伟大的事情-在艺术，在流行-我们将永远做。如果能坐下来谈谈就好了。

It's an art to live with pain... mix the light into gray.

带着痛苦生活是一门艺术……把浅色调成灰色。

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul. It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.

把艺术置于政治之上是一种荣誉。政治可以是诱人的，因为它可以还原灵魂。 把艺术置于政治之上是一种荣誉。政治可以是诱人的，因为它可以还原灵魂。