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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The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy.

一个名副其实的艺术家的良心就像一种不治之症,给他带来无尽的折磨,但偶尔也会让他充满无言的喜悦。

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。

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

没有伟大的艺术家能看到事物的本来面目。如果他这样做了,他就不再是艺术家了。

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

一个艺术家在任何地方都只有一个职位;这是竖直的。