Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

  • -- Paul Cézanne 保罗·C·赞恩

画画真是太难了——你总以为你已经掌握了,其实你还没有。

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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done - but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living.

在许多方面,戏剧对作家来说更有价值。我曾经认为这就像油漆一堵墙——当戏剧结束时,它就完成了——但现在我意识到这更像是园艺;你种下这个东西,然后你必须不断地照料它。你是生命的一部分。

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

油画是一门发达的技术。为什么倒退?