The genuine artist is never "true to life." He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life.

  • -- Wallace Stevens 华莱士·史蒂文斯

真正的艺术家从不“忠于生活”。他看到的是真实的,但不像我们通常意识到的那样。我们不会像戏剧里的演员那样在生活中暴跳如雷。艺术从来不是真实的生活。

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An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.

一个艺术家不能对人们如何对待他们的艺术负责。观众讨厌放弃对艺术家的先入之见。

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

当一个人形成一个理论的时候,他的想象力在每一个物体上看到的只是有利于这个理论的特征。

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.

当我录制这些歌曲的时候,我并不是在和原创的艺术家抗争,而是在向他们致敬。

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

一个人在远处看到品质,在近处看到缺陷。