Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

  • -- Lionel Trilling 特里林

不成熟的艺术家模仿。成熟的艺术家偷窃。

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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

大多数人的消费欲望是故意把他们的整个生命种植在别人的手中。我认为这种寻找幸福的方法是不成熟的。性格的发展完全在于走向自给自足。

Children, like animals, use all their senses to discover the world. Then artists come along and discover it the same way all over again.

孩子像动物一样,用他们所有的感官去发现世界。然后艺术家们来到这里,以同样的方式再次发现它。

Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else.

很少有人,不成熟或成熟的人,从来没有想过要假装自己是某个人或其他什么东西的冲动。

That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.

无论好坏,那种可怕的沮丧情绪就是我们所知的艺术家的奖赏。

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

世上的君王当效法神,他们的怜悯超过自己的行为。

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

那些不想模仿任何东西的人,将一事无成。

I think audiences can deal with these mature themes.

我认为观众可以处理这些成熟的主题。

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

小艺术家借,大艺术家偷。

I have considered myself a mature actor.

我认为自己是一个成熟的演员。