Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.

  • -- John Ciardi 约翰·西阿迪

现代艺术是当画家不再看着女孩,而是说服自己他们有更好的主意时所发生的事情。

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I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with.

我和现代爵士乐,进步爵士乐运动中的所有重量级人物都有过合作。我很幸运能和他们一起玩,一个名人赛。所有这些人,我很幸运能和他们一起表演。

We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin.

在这个国家,我们是在陪审团制度下运作的,尽管我们对此颇有怨言,但我们必须承认,除了可能掷硬币外,我们不知道还有比这更好的制度了。

For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it.

多年来,我似乎一直在游说政客和其他人,说服他们欧洲文化需要电影,我们必须保护它。

If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'.

如果我们从小就有这样的想法,生活就是为了受苦和牺牲,那么我们当然会为了逃离这个“眼泪谷”而寻求死亡。

When I hear of an 'equity' in a case like this, I am reminded of a blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat - which isn't there.

当我听到这样一个案件的“公平”,我想起一个盲人在一个黑暗的房间里——寻找一顶黑色的帽子——那里没有。

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.

即使有人打你的头,你也不能停止前进。即使他们把水管对准你,你也停不下来。

Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.

精神分析学家认为,“正常”的人是那些既不会给自己也不会给别人带来麻烦的人。

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.

对画家说,自然就是她的本来面目,就等于对演奏者说,他可以坐在钢琴上。

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

只有当有钱的阶层认为他们能从中获利时,才会发生对外国的战争。

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

有时候你必须找到激情。它来自内心……每个人都必须为自己找到答案。

The only thing you think of is that you are in the middle and that you've got to find a way to stop it.

你想的唯一的事情就是你正处于中间,你必须想办法阻止它。

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

牧羊人总是试图说服羊群,他们的利益和他的是一样的。

We're resolving our differences and we're looking forward to putting out a record next year.

我们正在解决我们之间的分歧,我们期待着明年创造新的记录。

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.

现代国家不再拥有任何东西,只有权利;它不再承认义务。

She's not like other girls, she could have conquered the world until you broke her down.

她不像其他女孩,她可以征服世界,直到你把她打倒。

Making up a whole story in  your head. Hoping one day it will happen.

在脑海中编造一个故事。希望有一天它会发生。

Most girls get flowers or candy. I get a declaration of martial law.

大多数女孩得到鲜花或糖果。我得到了戒严令。

All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent.

所有的画家对摄影都有一定的兴趣。

I know it's hard but it will get better.

我知道这很难,但会好起来的。

I just liked the idea of being engaged.

我只是喜欢订婚的感觉。