The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

  • -- Craig Raine 克雷格·雷恩

艺术家在任何时候的任务都是毫不妥协的简单,去发现尚未完成的事情,然后去做。

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I always say to young people when they ask me how I work, I always say to them, the only time you've ever going to do something good is if you have a good client. And by good I mean all kinds of things.

我总是对年轻人说,当他们问我如何工作时,我总是对他们说,你唯一能做点好事的时候,就是你有一个好客户的时候。我说的好是指所有的事情。

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return.

在某一时刻,一切都变得简单,不再有任何选择的问题,因为如果你回头看,你所押下的赌注将全部丢失。人生没有回头路。

I try to keep my ear to the streets without sacrificing who I am as an artist. If a song needs a drum machine I'll use a drum machine. If it needs a drummer, I'll use a real drummer.

我努力倾听街头的声音,而不牺牲自己作为艺术家的身份。如果一首歌需要打鼓机,我就用打鼓机。如果需要鼓手,我会用真正的鼓手。

I want to be able to talk about changing the world through your actions and being a generation that is aware and a force to be reckoned with - and at the same time be dancing.

我希望能够通过你们的行动来改变世界,成为一个有自知之明的一代人,成为一股不可忽视的力量——与此同时,我也想跳舞。

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

任何对小说表示愤怒和厌恶的评论家都是荒谬的。他或她就像一个全副武装的人,袭击了一个热的奶油软糖圣代。

The artist is an educator of artists of the future who are able to understand and in the process of understanding perform unexpected - the best - evolutions.

艺术家是未来艺术家的教育者,他们能够理解并在理解的过程中表现出意想不到的——最好的——进化。

It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better.

当你这样做的时候,当你发现一个你喜欢的人的时候,当你感觉到那些感觉的时候,即使他能更好地表达出来,这是很棒的。

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

我爱写作。我喜欢文字的漩涡和摇摆,因为它们与人类的情感纠缠在一起。

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

我所有的音乐都很简单,旋律通常都很清晰。

Sometimes you need to get lost in order to discover anything.

有时候你需要迷失自己才能有所发现。