At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time or space - abstractions for which our language lacks adequate terms.

  • -- Benjamin Lee Whorf 本杰明·李·沃尔夫

与此同时,新的概念和抽象出现在画面中,承担起描述宇宙而不涉及时间或空间的任务——我们的语言缺乏足够的术语来描述这些抽象。

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I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents.

我认为我的母亲是我最大的影响。我讨厌她的很多地方,但同时我对她心存感激。我只知道当我为人父母的时候,我想要像我妈妈一样。我可以和我妈妈说话,就像我的朋友可以和他们的父母说话一样。

Everything will be all right - you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction and see it as a drawing they made themselves.

一切都会好起来的——你知道什么时候吗?当人们,仅仅是人们,不再认为联合国是毕加索的一个奇怪的抽象概念,而是把它看作是他们自己画的一幅画。

Galleries needn't be exactly like White Columns purely because times are bad again. But the idea of this special space could - should - help shape what comes next.

画廊不必完全像白色的柱子一样,纯粹是因为时局再次变坏了。但这个特殊空间的概念可能——也应该——有助于塑造未来。

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

没有抽象的艺术。你必须从某件事开始。之后你就可以移除所有的现实痕迹。