Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

绘画,n。字体保护平坦表面不受天气影响,并将其暴露给评论家的艺术。

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In the early days, I had very little idea about arrangements, and I wrote songs a little flat, as it were, just on an acoustic guitar. They didn't really have quite enough nuance.

在早期,我对编曲几乎一无所知,我用一把原声吉他写了一些有点平淡的歌曲。他们没有足够的细微差别。

I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.

我认为我是一个完整的球员。我能在所有的场地上都打得很好。对我来说,粘土可能是最简单的,但我不是粘土方面的专家。

My role is not to choose between safeguarding the economy and protecting the environment - it's about doing both.

我的职责不是在保护经济和保护环境之间做出选择——而是两者兼顾。

You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather.

你可以把钱堆到天花板上,但你葬礼的规模仍将取决于天气。

A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded.

批评家是那些从来没有真正上过战场,但后来出来射杀伤员的人。

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.

我读了你写的这些备忘录,你是否有这样的印象?我甚至都举不起来。

He behaved like an ostrich and put his head in the sand, thereby exposing his thinking parts.

他表现得像一只鸵鸟,把头埋在沙子里,露出了他的思考部分。

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

老朋友的好处之一就是你可以和他们一起做傻事。

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.

我从来没有遇到过这样的人,当他们还是个孩子的时候,我想长大后成为一名评论家。

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

画画在你不知道怎么画的时候很容易,但是当你知道怎么画的时候就很难了。

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

当我们平躺着的时候,除了抬头,没有别的办法。

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

与其说我是绘画的制作者,不如说我是艺术的朋友。

I love cold weather.

我喜欢寒冷的天气。