You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

  • -- Robertson Davies 罗伯逊戴维斯

你永远看不到你想看的东西,永远哗众取宠。

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Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books.

艺术作品往往是永恒的,或者几乎是永恒的。但展览本身,尤其是画廊展览,就像鲜花;它们开花,然后死亡,然后仅仅作为记忆而存在,或者被印在杂志和书籍里。

I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn't identify with the person on the screen. I couldn't get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else.

我甚至发现在电视上看自己打球很困难,因为我无法认同屏幕上的人。我无法控制它。好像这一切都发生在别人身上。

I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.

我只是听每个音符。离开伯德兰后,我开始在爵士画廊工作。最后,我仍然不能玩,但我知道如何倾听。我可能是世界上最好的倾听者。

I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring.

我无法想象现在扮演一个年轻人;那会很无聊的。