An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

  • -- William Faulkner 威廉·福克纳

艺术家是被恶魔驱使的动物。他不知道他们为什么选择他,而且他通常太忙了,不知道为什么。

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The imitator is a poor kind of creature. If the man who paints only the tree, or a flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer.

模仿者是一种可怜的动物。如果只画眼前的树、花或其他表面的人是艺术家,那么艺术家之王就是摄影师。

With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.

他抬起眼睛,注视着主人的目光,注视着人类的欢乐、安慰和援助;富人的保护人,穷人的朋友,唯一至死不渝的忠贞不渝的人。

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.

艺术家是情感的容器,情感来自四面八方:来自天空,来自大地,来自一张纸片,来自一个路过的形状,来自一张蜘蛛网。

If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.

如果每天晚上下班时,我自己都能理解我写的东西,我就会觉得这一天并没有完全被浪费掉。

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.

一些艺术家想要面对。有些人想要引发思考。它们都是必要的,都是有效的。

I'm someone who likes to keep busy, especially with projects that I find meaningful and fulfilling.

我是一个喜欢保持忙碌的人,尤其是那些我觉得有意义和有成就感的项目。

Many people can and have written books, but many have nothing to say.

许多人能写书,也写过书,但许多人无话可说。

It's going to be over soon, so I don't really have time to get busy.

很快就要结束了,所以我真的没有时间去忙。