It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.

  • -- David Hockney 大卫霍克尼

只相信艺术家的作品,而不相信他对自己作品的描述,这是一个很好的建议。

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Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.

除了体育运动,没有多少人认识我,信不信由你,我其实很害羞。胜利的喜悦和失败后的泪水是极端的。我需要一段时间去认识一个人,但是一旦我认识了,我就对我的老朋友非常忠诚。

I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her.

如果我和一个女孩约会,我曾经是一个真正的白马王子。但之后我可能会因为压力太大而中风。从那以后,我明白了一个好的约会的关键是要关注她。

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring.

我真的相信,牛津大学给她的儿子们最大的礼物,是对学习的一种温和的不敬,而这种不敬之情可能由此产生。

It's the good loser who finally loses out.

最终输掉比赛的是输得好的人。