I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you pay such big consequences for saying, 'I'm just going to devote my life to making art,' or 'I'm going to devote my life to writing novels.' You end up with no resources.

  • -- Dana Spiotta 达娜·斯皮奥塔

我认为成为一名艺术家比以往任何时候都难。我认为你最终,尤其是作为一个中年人,你要为说“我要把我的一生奉献给艺术”或“我要把我的一生奉献给写小说”而付出巨大的代价。“你最终会一无所有。

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They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviously you wouldn't specify what consequences are best, they may be different in some circumstances, so at a lower, more specific level, you may well get differences.

他们往往是非常抽象的,比如做什么会有最好的结果;显然,你不会指定什么结果是最好的,它们在某些情况下可能是不同的,所以在更低、更具体的层次上,你很可能会得到不同的结果。

If you want to act, you have to devote yourself to it. Send out letters and photos every day, work all the hours under the sun, whatever it takes. If you're not determined, you won't get anywhere.

如果你想行动,你必须全身心地投入。每天发送信件和照片,在阳光下工作,不惜一切代价。如果你不下定决心,你将一事无成。

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.

我不想变漂亮。我把我的大部分时间花在健康上。

One often gets what one disdains

一个人常常得到他所蔑视的东西